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1828W2435New Geneva Pennsylvania: Unpublished 1828. April 7 1828 stampless letter ALS from Gallatin to Columbus O'Donnell a Baltimore businessman who was married to the sister of Gallatin's daughter-in-law Josephine. Gallatin had recently retired from more than a quarter century in public life as U. S. Secretary of the Treasury and diplomat. The letter notes that he had recently returned to his home in New Geneva Pennsylvania and discovered that personal goods he was shipping to Baltimore needed attention at the other end of the trip. He requests that O'Donnell undertake the task and closes the letter warmly sending his respects to O'Donnell's wife. SIGNED. Original. Single Sheet. Very Good. 7 1/2 inches by 12 Inches. Manuscript. Unpublished
1796014773London: The Times of London 1796 London: The Times of London 1796. First edition. Elephant Folio. Folded pages. Complete November 9 1796 issue of The Times of London which includes an editorial on George Washington's resignation as well as a 2 columns of Washington's Farewell the rest was published the following day. Page one includes curious advertisements for female products horses dancing and other services. Page two includes society news. 12" x 18.5" rag paper. Overall condition very good. Some wear along folds and edges one tiny hole where two edges converge a spot in rear not affecting George Washington and a short tear along fold not affecting George Washington. All the text is entirely legible and unfoxed. A rare early newsprint copy of this important speech. Very good. The Times (of London) unknown
1867008955New York: Richardson and Company 1867. In original plum embossed cloth binding with pale yellow end papers gilt lettering at spine dulled yet legible. Very Good spine a bit sunned hinges open yet holding quite well small tears to cloth at head of spine. All four maps present and Fine. An unrestored copy in original binding uncommon thus. From the collection of Joseph Hyde Pratt his ownership signature front end page. Pratt was a noted North Carolina geologist conservationist state and civic leader and WWI hero. . First Edition. Embossed Cloth. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Richardson and Company Hardcover books
191144851H. P. Griffith. G/NONE. 1911. Hardcover. Hardback first edition of reminiscences signed by Civil War Captain Harrison Patillo Griffith 1837-1928 of Laurens County South Carolina. Furman-educated Griffith served with Company E 14th South Carolina Regiment and was badly wounded both at the Battle of the Wilderness and at Gettysburg. After the war he returned to Woodruff South Carolina ran a small store for a while and served as a school teacher. Later he was president of Limestone College. The author of "Life of Landrum" and "Life and Times of John Ezell" Griffith recounts in this surprisingly well-written volume his war experiences at Chancellorsville and his regard for Henry Timrod Charleston South Carolina poet among a number of other subjects. This copy is bound in textured red cloth with light soil and wear at extremities; gilt-lettering on spine is faded. Hinges sound uncracked; nonauthorial gift inscription in ink. SIGNED by Griffith in ink in a rather shaky hand on frontis photo page; tissue guard intact. Pages tight clean but bit "wavy" perhaps due to humidity or bindery error. Erasure of old price on first free endpaper. No DJ. ; . H. P. Griffith, hardcover
1932007155New York: Time Inc. 1932. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Three volumes each containing 3 issues complete with covers Vol. 5 Jan.-Mar.; Vol. 5 Apr.-Jun.; and Vol. 6 Oct.-Dec. 1932. A total of 9 issues including the March issue with the stunning Diego Rivera cover and the December issue with the 4 page insert advertising the classic film "Grand Hotel" starring Greta Garbo John Barrymore and Joan Crawford. Each volume bound in quarter leather over cloth boards gilt titles and rules the binding Very Good leather rubbed and splitting at spine ends and corners. The magazines are all Fine. This oversize 3 volume set is quite heavy; please select media mail only and no international shipping. Time Inc. Hardcover
1930009175Salem Oregon: Western Guide Publishing Co. 1930. Book. Near Fine. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Printed by Elliott Printing House Salem OR "Tourist Camps and Apartments Resorts Eating Places Super Service Stations Points of Interest Highway Mileage Tables Road Maps Descriptive Stories of Each State Motor Game and Fish Laws for Tourists and Non-Residents." 176 page with maps numerous advertisements and black and white photographs. Contains tourism information for Arizona California Colorado Idaho Montana Nevada New Mexico Oregon Washington Wyoming Utah and British Columbia. Near Fine bound in handsome 20thc green cloth with gilt lettering a few pages with small corner creases. OCLC locates 1 copy only at the Newberry Library Roger S. Baskes Collection. Western Guide Publishing Co. Hardcover
1819007976Newburyport MA: No Publisher 1819. Original hand-made book front cover reads "Day-Book B" in contemporary embossed calf 13" x 8 1/2" containing 32 pp. with both sides covered with pasted-in poems clipped from newspapers of the time approx. 6-8 per page. Most are likely from the Newburyport Daily Herald as there is a partial page from that newspaper laid in. The final page verso with a long poem handwritten titled "The Birds of Passage" by Mrs Hemans Felicia Dorothea Hemans. The names Betsy and Johnson handwritten but separated on rear paste down. Good calf chipped bottom 2" of spine pages brittle with edge chips and tears two pages with top right corner poems torn out soiling and staining the bookplate of noted Celtic and folklore scholar Edgar M. Slotkin front paste down. A unique piece of Americana. . Calf. Good/No Jacket As Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. No Publisher Hardcover books
190416470Victor CO: Press of Victor Daily Record 1904. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good . Brown boards with gold stamped illustration. Brown & beige endpapers. 248 pages. Frontis portrait of author has fine tissue guard. Title page comes after the index of contents and list of illustrations which shows copyright applied for March 1904. Then at bottom of title page is the purple stamp "Copyrighted 1904 by Mrs. Emma F. Langdon". One fold-out illustration of the gold mining plant several photos. Brown cloth has a 1/4" rub on spine and light rubbing at tips and corners. A light wrinkle to the pages otherwise clean straight and unmarked. <br/><br/> Press of Victor Daily Record hardcover
19468127El Paso: Carl Hertzog 1946. First Edition . Hardcover. Good. Tom Lea. Limited First Edition No. 64 of 365 copies SIGNED by Lea and Erwin Will president of El Paso Electric Company on limitation page and by Hertzog in rear; folio tan cloth no dj; good cocked; covers sunned soiled and bowed; bump to top joint end from cover to cover affects pages; spine ends and corners bumped and worn; cloth on spine ends chipped; one chip to spine tail reveals boards; top corners worn to boards; owner's name stamp and penciled note on first blank flyleaf; ghosts of illustrations and some text on opposite pages; eps and pages toned. Please be aware that shipping this large item internationally may require shipping fees. <br/> <br/> Carl Hertzog hardcover
24056Barcelona: Ministerio de Defensa Museo Naval Lunwerg Editores. Hardcover. Very good. Undated but published between 1987 and 1996. Volumes 1-5 in 6 physical volumes. Includes: Tomo I Circunstancia histórica del viaje; Tomo II Vol. 1 & 2: Diario general del viaje; Tomo III Diarios y trabajos botanicos; Tomo IV Trabajos cientificos y correspondencia de Tadeo Haenke; Tomo V: Antropología y noticias etnográficas. Volumes measure 11.5" x 9.5" and are printed on glossy stock with color illustrations and maps. All tex in Spanish. All volumes in very good or better condition with tight bindings and no internal markings but some light corner bumping rubbing to dust jackets. An oversized and heavy set - additional shipping charges will apply. The Malaspina Expedition was a five-year maritime scientific exploring expedition funded by the Spanish government and commanded by Italian navigator Alessandro Alejandro Malaspina and José de Bustamante y Guerra. Departing from Cadiz in two vessels in 1789 the party explored the coasts of south America and western North America as far north as Nootka Sound as well as the Philippine Islands Australia and New Zealand. The two volumes of Malaspina's journal included in this set are the first comprehensive edition published. Ministerio de Defensa, Museo Naval, Lunwerg Editores hardcover
1881007885New York: Harper's Weekly 1881. Newspaper. Very Good. Newsprint. First Printing. 16 1/2" w x 22 3/4" h. RARE. A single leaf extracted from HARPER'S WEEKLY of Jan. 1 1881 16 1/2" w x 22 3/4" h. The original and iconic Thomas Nast engraving on newsprint. Very Good small chips along edges larger chips each side of centerfold not affecting image newsprint evenly lightly toned. Page nos. 8 and 9 top margin. Text from reverse side shows on close examintion. Unmounted under shrinkwrap atop mat board and with cardboard backing. "Cartoonist Thomas Nast established the bounds for Santa Claus' current look with an initial illustration in an 1863 issue of Harper's Weekly as part of a large illustration titled 'A Christmas Furlough'." The Public Domain Review. This 1881 engraving marked the beginning of our modern-day conception of Santa Claus. Will be mailed flat- please inquire for added cost. Eminently suitable for framing. Harper's Weekly unknown
1887007655Poughkeepsie NY 1887. Flexible leather album front cover stamped in gilt with title "Autographs" surrounded by gilt flourishes spine decorated in gilt all edges gilt. 98 pp 19 of them blank leaving 79 with manuscript and 78 signatures 4 with writing in Japanese as well as English 3 with full page calligraphic drawings of birds with 38 photographs in the form of stamps including one oversize stamp measuring 1 3/4" x 2 1/4" of Mrs. C.C. Gaines wife of the President of Eastman College the other stamps all measure 7/8" x 1". The rest of the stamps are males either students or faculty. The photographic stamps were done by C. H. Gallup of Poughkeepsie NY. The album belonged to student Clif. J. Prosser. Very Good the leather rubbed at edges rear leather cover about half loosened from the board light soiling. A wonderful early Eastman Business College autograph album perhaps from the beginning of the use of photographic stamps. . SIGNED. Album. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. 5" x 7 3/4" . Hardcover books
1884010397Louisville and Cincinnati : The Filson Club / Robert Clarke & Co. 1884. Book. Very Good. Quarter Pebbled Morocco. 1st Edition. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Fine in original printed wrappers which were rebound in contemporary quarter pebbled brown morocco over dark brown cloth gilt lettering at spine marbled end papers Very Good wear to leather at corners and edges slight toning to plain end papers. Frontis portrait one large folded map one facsimile in text 132 p. Apparently one of a handful of Large Paper copies of this first biography of Filson whose 1784 work "The Discovery Settlement and Present State of Kentucke ." was the first book on Kentucky. The large folded map Near Fine a 3" closed tear at left edge where attached to book is a lithograph reproduction from that book. The Filson Club Publication Number One. SCARCE in collectible condition. . The Filson Club / Robert Clarke & Co. Hardcover
18483280108New York: D. Appleton & Company 1848. Hardcover. Fair in No Dust Jacket dust jacket. Exlibrary marks. Lightly circulated. Writing on ffep pages; remainder of pages are clean tanned with occasional foxing. Binding and hinges sound. Embossed cloth over boards is heavily worn with exposed board at corners and several dents to top edge. Gilt lettering on spine is clear although somewhat darkened. Documentary history of the Second Seminole War 1835-1842. Unlike some other early editions this one does not include engravings. Ex-Library; 9.5" tall; 557 pages. D. Appleton & Company hardcover
189416719Place OF Publication Not Identified michigan: Wingfield Watson. Very Good. 1894. Second Edition. Soft Covers. Howes notes the first edition lists the same publication date printed in Roman Numerals on the front cover and has the same collation as the second edition but the latter 2nd edition is printed "on paper obviously later". Clean light green wraps with black titles. Slight color faded edges. Front cover has a few tiny nicks. Two additional laid-in pages one with drawings. Interior of text is tight clean & intact . After expulsion from the mainstream Mormon Church Strang led a dissident group to found a colony on Lake Michigan. There he was crowned "King James I". Western Americana Mackinac Island Michigan Americana Religion Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Scarce; Drawings; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 48 pages . Wingfield Watson paperback
179533788Philadelphia: John Fenno 1795. Folio. 114 12 pp. Original marbled boards rebacked and recornered. New endpapers. Scattered mild foxing. Very Good. <br /> <br /> The challenge of this Session was the Whisky Rebellion. President Washington's Message opening the Session recounts the attacks upon federal officers including the kidnapping of a federal marshal. Concluding that the normal judicial process was inadequate to the task of suppressing the rebellion the President called out the militia. His careful measured response is delineated here. The Session devotes much attention to matters affecting the militia. Issues involving Creek Indian lands within the State of Georgia are also considered. <br /> Evans 29724. ESTC W20584. John Fenno unknown
186636651Washington: publisher not identified 1866. Folio 31.4 cm; 12.375". 6 2 pp. <br><br>Printed version of the treaty between the United States government and the Sans Arc Lakota signed by Newton Edmunds governor of the Dakota Territory Edward B. Taylor superintendent of Indian affairs for the northern superintendency Gen. H.H. Sibley Wah-mun-dee-o-pee-doo-tah The War Eagle with the Red Tail Cha-tau-'hne Yellow Hawk Shon-kah-we-te-ko The Fool Dog and others at Fort Sully Dakota Territory on 20 October 1865.<br>Â Â Â Â The treaty states that the United States will pay each family thirty dollars annually for twenty years for their decisions to "withdraw from the route overland already established" ceasing all warfare with other groups and to settle future disputes by using the president as an arbitrator. The government promises that it will provide protection from "annoyance or molestation on the part of whites or Indians" should members of the group settle permanently to engage in agricultural pursuits and offers further incentives for their doing so.<br>Â Â Â Â It was ratified 5 March 1866 and later proclaimed by President Johnson on March 17. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Eberstadt 130. Folded sheets light age-toning gentle chipping along edges; light pencilling on upper margin of title-page bottom corner of same chipped away. publisher not identified unknown books
008610Danville Illinois: Freese Boener & Co. Printers Book. Very Good. Pamphlet. 4 7/8" x 2 1/4". No Date circa 1910-1920. A blank complimentary notebook rendered unique and charming by a series of anonymous Folk Art pencil drawings 14 in all of primarily African-American figures. Some drawings are captioned and seem to be telling a story- -Where Is the Boy Here I Am Testing a Melon The Suspected Man The Weather Prophet Brother Gardener Declines Elder Toots Denies Hank Was Watching and Going Over to Sims" the latter 2 featuring men with guns. The notebook reads "Complimenst of Hancock & Briner dealers in Dry Goods Gents' Pants Hats Caps Boots Shoes and General Merchandise. Veedersburg Ind. Freese Boener & Co. Printers Danville Ill." front cover and "We present you with this book and making 'Fair Dealing and Low Prices' our motto we earnestly solicit a share of your patronage. Call and see us. Hancock & Briner Veedersburg Ind.". 3 pages have numbers and figures one page with the names "Miss Susie Miss Kim Miss Claypool". Very Good light soiling. As another dealer has put it "vintage children's art especially of an African American child are more than scarce". Freese, Boener & Co. Printers Paperback
1928006991Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin 1928. RARE -SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on end page following half-title page - " To an old and tried friend Dana Coman. Arthur Walden Sept. 1/30". In 1927 Walden helped train sled dogs and drivers for Admiral Richard E. Byrds Antarctic expedition and he led the dog-sled freighting of the supplies from the ships to Byrd's base camp "Little America". Walden later became the original breeder of the Chinook sled dog. In 1930 Walden considered to be one of the most respected and heralded pioneers of the Klondike and Alaskan gold rushes was presented a photographic album by Admiral Byrd that contained over 500 images of the Antarctic expedition of 1928-30. Dana Coman Dr Francis Dana Coman 1895-1952 was with Byrds first and second expeditions to Antarctica and was a personal doctor of Admiral Byrd. He later had a mountain named after him by Finn Ronne of the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition of 1947-48. Later Printing of this northland classic no date title page dated 1928 copyright page. Introduction by Walter Collins O'Kane. Illustrated with map end pages 12 black and white photos 9 attributed to noted Pacific Northwest photographer Asahel Curtis brother of the renowned photographer Edward Curtis 3 photos unattributed. Book is Very Good two quarter-sized stains rear boards that bleed onto rear end pages but do not affect text some underlining and marginal notations in ink by Dr. Coman. In the SCARCE dust jacket Good only 1/2" of jacket trimmed top and bottom and lacking the flaps. A great ASSOCIATION COPY. . SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. Later Printing. Cloth. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Association Copy. Houghton Mifflin Hardcover books
188616789Washington D. C: Government Printing Office. Very Good. 1886-96. First Edition. Soft Covers. Eleven Booklets with covers in various colors. Reports from the Governor of the Territory of Utah from 1866 to 1896 when statehood was in progress. A great resource for Utah History. Schools. Prisons Agriculture Industry Mining Election Indians Railroads and a section on Polygamy in each annual publication. "I am most firmly convinced that there is an Irreconcilable political difference fundamental In character between the Mormon system and the Government established by the United States." Ten of the booklets are in VG-VG condition. The 1886 issue has the front top corner missing. Western Americana Utah ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall . Government Printing Office paperback
007309Brookline MA: David R Godine Poster. Near Fine. No Binding. First Printing. 22" x 30 1/2". SCARCE a haunting and prophetic broadside Whitman's words written in 1871 following the Civil War as relevant today as then. 22" w x 30 1/2" h featuring a 20" w x 19/12" h photogravure printed by Joh. Enschede Zonen Haarlem Holland portraying Walt Whitman in profile enlarged reproduction of 1891 photograph of Walt Whitman by Thomas Eakin at head of text. Underneath the quote taken from Whitman's "Democratic Vistas": " We have frequently printed the word Democracy. Yet I cannot too often repeat that it is a word the real gist of which still sleeps quite unawaken'd notwithstanding the resonance and many angry tempests out of which its syllables have come from pen or tongue. It is a great word whose history I suppose remains unwritten because that history has yet to be enacted. It is in some sort younger brother of another great and often-used word NATURE whose history also waits unwritten. WALT WHITMAN". Printed on Cartridge Paper made by Schut Heelsum Holland and calligraphy by Bram De Does. No date circa 1972. Near Fine faint creases at edges. OCLC shows five library holdings all in the United States. David R, Godine unknown
1910017718New York: Privately Printed 1910. 8 volumes complete. This is the original 1910 privately printed "Edition Deluxe" -- not a cheaply-made modern reprint. Very Good condition. Bound in the original gilt-stamped maroon leatherette. Light wear at some edges/corners with two tiny chips. Damp stain to the margin of several pages in volumes 7 and 8. Otherwise all pages are creamy white clean and unmarked. NO foxing. Inner hinges of all 8 volumes are perfect. Top edges gilt. NOT a library discard. NO owner's name or bookplate. Each volume is illustrated with a tissue-guarded frontispiece and three other portraits of famous Americans. The set consists of: Volume I Orations and Memorial Addresses; Volume II Banquet and Dinner Speeches; ; Volume III Birthday and Anniversary Addresses; Volume IV Club and Society Addresses; Volume V College and Educational Addresses; Volume VI Political Speeches; Volume VII Speeches in United States Senate; Volume VIII Miscellaneous Speeches. This heavy 8 volume set will require extra postage for Priority and International shipments. But for media mail you pay only our standard charge for 1 volume and we ship the other 7 volumes at no extra cost. Edition Deluxe. Hardcover heavy. Very Good condition/No jackets. 8 volumes. Privately Printed Hardcover
1999027614Clanton Alabam: Heritage Publishing Consultants Inc 1999. Fine condition but for neat yellow highlighting on several pages including the Index. Sharp corners. Square and tight. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a remainder. NOT a library discard. 1999. Limited First Edition. This SCARCE volume is a wonderful historical and genealogical resource with text and pictures for hundreds of Franklin County Alabama pioneers settlers residents and their families. Includes fascinating accounts of the history of the area its communities sites of interest spiritual heritage cemeteries schools people and families old homes and businesses military and confederate veterans clubs and organizations and much more. Genealogical advisor Mrs. Chris Ozbirn. Index. Bound in the original blue leatherette stamped in bright gold on the spine and front cover. Oversize Hardcover. 9.25" wide by 12.25" tall. This large very heavy book will require extra postage for International shipments but only the standard charge for priority or media mail. . Limited First Edition so stated. Oversize Hardcover. Near Fine condition/No dust jacket as issued. Illus. by NOT a library discard. 311pp. Great Packaging Fast Shipping. Heritage Publishing Consultants, Inc Hardcover
184725881<p><strong>1847 US NAVY Register American NAVAL Officer Owned T.O. Selfridge USS Dale</strong></p><p>The United States Navy Register was an annual report published by the U.S. military surveying the current personnel in the Navy. This 1847 register includes the names of all members from captains down and describes their appointments home date of entry years of service current duties and stations and years at sea. This register even includes the ship engineers carpenters midshipmen teachers and professors chaplains and many other positions in the navy. </p><p><strong><u>Provenance</u></strong>: This particular example was owned by Thomas O. Selfridge who <strong>commanded the USS Dale 1839 as a Lieutenant during the Mexican-American War.</strong></p><p>Item number: #25881</p><p>Price: $599</p><p>United States</p><p><strong><em>Navy Register of the United States for the year 1847.</em></strong></p><p>Washington: C. Alexander 1847. 1st edition</p><p><u>Details</u>: </p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Collation: Complete with all pages</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->o <!--endif-->167 1</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif--><strong>Provenance: Handwritten – <em>Cap. Selfridge</em></strong></p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->o <!--endif--><strong>Rear Admiral Thomas Oliver Selfridge 1804–1902 was an officer in the United States Navy during the Mexican–American War and the American Civil War. He took command of the sloop USS Dale in May 1847 and participated in the capture of Mazatlán and Guaymas.</strong> Badly wounded in the latter engagement he was invalided home in June 1848. He was promoted to captain in 1855 and was subsequently assigned to the Boston Navy Yard where he remained until 1861. He was a Companion of the First Class of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States and an Honorary Veteran Companion of the Military Order of Foreign Wars.</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->o <!--endif--><em>S. F. Dalord 29th Rt. US a In</em></p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Language: English</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Binding: Softcover; tight and secure</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->o <!--endif-->Canvas cover</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Size: ~8.25in X 5.5in 21cm x 13.5cm</p><p>Our Guarantee:</p><p>Very Fast. Very Safe. Free Shipping Worldwide.</p><p>Customer satisfaction is our priority! Notify us with 7 days of receiving and we will offer a full refund without reservation!</p><p>25881</p><p>Photos available upon request. </p> C. Alexander
1983012319Morningside Bookshop 1983. 528pp maps and plans. Facsimile Edition. Nevins--"A masterful study-one of the very finest ever written on an American campaign; thoroughly documented and notably impartial." All maps present and in near fine condition. Numerous folding maps in text and in rear pocket. Book is tight and clean. First Printing. Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Limited Edition. Morningside Bookshop Hardcover
