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1918009861San Francisco: Walter N. Brunt Press 1918. Book. Very Good. Newsprint. First Printing. 14" x 10 1/2". 14" h x 10 1/2" w World War One broadside printed on newsprint by Walter N. Brunt Press 880 Mission St. S.F. No year given but 1918. Very Good small edge tears and chips light creasing. Billed as the "Greatest Open Air Concert Ever Held in America" with "17000 Good Seats". Presented "under the auspices of War Camp Community Service Commission and Leland Stanford University" The "Proceeds to be devoted to the development of the recreational facilities of the men at Camp Fremont and to sending the fifteen women graduates of Stanford University to France for War Service". RARE. OCLC locates no copies although Stanford University Library holds the program and song sheet for this event. Walter N. Brunt Press unknown
35259Washington DC: Government Printing Office n.y. Paperback. Small 4to 6" X 9½". 1p. Very good. Lightly evenly age toned; remarkably clean and bold completely free of edge tears. First edition of this brief legislative act 28th Congress 2d Session resolving "re-annexation of Texas to the United States" and " the recognition of the independence of Texas by the principal Governments of the world and the successful maintenance of a national existence for nearly nine years without any serious attempt at subjugation on the part of Mexico are sufficient considerations to entitle her to be regarded in all respects as a sovereign and independent nation capable of making treaties and forming alliances" and "the pretensions of Mexico to interfere in any arrangement between the United States and the Republic of Texas cannot be sustained on any principle of propriety or justice." Signed in type by W.P. Richardson as Speaker of the Illinois House of Representatives and by John Moore as Speaker of the Illinois Senate. Ordered to be printed on March 3 1845 -- the last day in session of the 28th Congress. Interesting recording in the U.S. Congress of this state's resolution on this national issue. Government Printing Office paperback
194642841Chicago: The Westerners 1946. Hardcover. Small 4to. Tan cloth with gilt lettering and decoration. 151pp 9pp. Line drawings. Near fine. A tight handsome first edition of the first title published by this well-known group of Chicago-area Western Americana buffs. Features such articles as Everett D. Graff's "The Westerners Go Overland; Retread the Various Routes to California" Albert S. Johannsen's "The House of Beadle and Adams and Its Dime and Nickel Novels" Clarence S. Paine's "She Laid Her Pistol Down; or The Last Will and Testament of Calamity Jane" and Don Russell's "Jesse James -- Postwar Bandit." Tipped to the front flyleaf is a Typed Letter Signed from contributor Don Russell 2pp 7¼" X 10½" Elmhurst IL 29 March 1956. Addressed to Arnold F. Gates 1914-93 noted Lincoln and Civil War scholar. Near fine. On Chicago letterhead of "The American Peoples Encyclopedia" where Russell served as assistant editor Russell cordially agrees to review books for the "Lincoln Herald" column that Gates headed for many years -- but declines to increase his reviewing for "Unhappily I have a somewhat similar job for The Westerners Brand book which has kept me loaded down too long and then I was so foolish as to take on the job of being judge for the best non-fiction book of last year for the Western Writers of America. I thought I probably had read all the books that would be on their list but they have rung in 7 or 8 on me." Boldly signed in full in black ink at the conclusion. Russell 1899-1989 was a Chicago journalist and newspaper editor and Western historian author of the 1960 "The Lives and Legends of Buffalo Bill." Appropriate brand-like ownership inkstamp of L.H. Geddes on front pastedown. SIX-GUNS 2346. The Westerners hardcover
188115969Philadelphia: Lippincott 1881. First edition. Hardcover. Fair. Green cloth boards gold stamped lettering on front and spine. Frontis and other portraits of officers have tissue guards and some tanning. Previous owner sticker on front pastedown. Front endpapers starting to crack but binding is tight. Green cloth is rubbed on spine and folds and frayed at top and bottom of spine. <br/><br/> Lippincott hardcover
1783ST18935bPhiladelphia and Paris: Printed for La Rochefoucault and Benjamin Franklin by Philippe-Denys Pierres and Pissot père et fils 1783. The First Collected Edition in French of the Constitutions of the U.S. States. ONE OF 500 COPIES of the regular issue and 100 Large Paper Copies; this apparently one of the 50 regular copies bound in calf. 194 x 122 mm. 7 5/8 x 4 3/4". 2 p.l. 540 pp.With extensive explanatory footnotes by Benjamin Franklin. <br/> Contemporary cat's paw calf raised bands spine gilt in compartments with pomegranate centerpiece volute cornerpieces brown morocco label marbled endpapers. With the Great Seal of the United States on title page. A PRESENTATION COPY: the title page with contemporary ink note in Latin dated 1783 stating that this book was the gift of the Duc de La Rochefoucauld who translated the American documents from "idiomatic English" into French. Livingston "Franklin's Press at Passy" pp. 181-88; Howes C-716; Sabin 16118; Streeter sale II:1035. Thin strip missing from head of spine backstrip rather dried joints edges and corners a bit rubbed leather a little pitted from acid treatment as usual other minor external defects but the binding agreeable as an original unrestored survival. First two and last two leaves a little foxed and soiled minor foxing in a number of other places but the text quite fresh and generally clean and appealing.<br/> <br/> This is an especially desirable copy of a work containing founding documents of the American republic in French an important language for the international community the book apparently being a gift--as indicated on the title page--from the translator. The volume represents a collaboration between compiler Benjamin Franklin the man the U.S. State Department considers "America's first diplomat" and translator Louis Alexandre de La Rochefoucauld 1743-92 an important French aristocrat who was an enthusiastic supporter of the American Revolution. The book contains the state constitutions of the original 13 states the Declaration of Independence the Articles of Confederation precursor to the U.S. Constition and the treaties between the United States and France the Low Countries and Sweden. Printer polymath and Founding Father Franklin 1706-90 explained the motivation behind this work to Thomas Mifflin president of the Confederation Congress in a letter of 25 December 1783: "The extravagant Misrepresentations of our Political State in foreign Countries made it appear necessary to give them better Information which I thought could not be more effectually and authentically done than by publishing a Translation into French now the most general Language in Europe of the Book of Constitutions which had been printed by Order of Congress. This I accordingly got well done. … It has been well taken and has afforded a Matter of Surprise to many who had conceived mean Ideas of the State of Civilization in America and could not have expected so much political Knowledge and Sagacity had existed in our Wilderness. And from all Parts I have the Satisfaction to hear that our Constitutions in general are much admired. I am persuaded that this Step will not only tend to promote the Emigration to our Country of substantial People from all Parts of Europe by the numerous Copies I shall dispense but will facilitate our future Treaties with Foreign Courts who could not before know what kind of Government and People they had to treat with." Franklin called on his friend Louis Alexandre de La Rochefoucauld 1743-92 to translate the documents with Franklin providing corrections and clarifications often included here as footnotes. According to Livingston Franklin had 100 copies of the work printed in quarto for presentation to various European dignitaries and had 50 of the octavo copies bound in calf. As our copy is noted to be the gift of La Rochefoucauld it seems possible that it was one of those 50. This publication had one more distinction noted by Livingston: it contains the first appearance in any printed book of the Great Seal of the United States adopted by Congress in 1782. [Printed for La Rochefoucault and Benjamin Franklin by] Philippe-Denys Pierres [and] Pissot, père et fils unknown
1823320267Reading Penn.: Carl Bruchman fur Carl McWilliams 1823. Early printing of the Constitution in German. 156pp. 12mo. Period quarter calf and marbled boards. Foxing staining in rear. Early printing of the Constitution in German. 156pp. 12mo. Early German translation of the American Constitution together with the Constitution of Pennsylvania the Declaration of Independence and the farewell address of George Washington. Sabin 16126; Bötte 2609; Shaw and Shoemaker 12244 Carl Bruchman fur Carl McWilliams unknown
1800354308Philadelphia 1800. 42pp. Dbd. Internally clean. Very good. 42pp. Dbd. A short précis of our national defense resources including a census of non-commissioned officers. In the wake of Washington's farewell plea for neutrality and the Quasi-War with France the issue of a standing army was of prime importance to the federal government. The Secretary of War James McHenry included in his report a list of proposed improvements. Quite scarce. OCLC locates only four copies. ESTC W21905. EVANS 38876. OCLC 17128067 10291600 unknown
19070011979Chicago: Marshall Field 1907. 63 pages blue paper with white ltrs and embossed design on front cover stapled booklet with cord tie on front cover storage creases on upper corners sepia photos of Marshall Field/buildings/and departments in those buildings History of Marhsall Field Company. Unknown Edition. Softcover Booklet. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Marshall Field Hardcover
1931028703Pasadena: California Institute of Technology 1931. First Edition . Cloth. Very Good . 292 Pp. Gray Cloth. Light Wear Immaculate No Names Or Marks. Nice Photos Of The Physics Faculty Including Robert A. Millikan And Biology Faculty Including Division Chairman Thomas Hunt Morgan. William Pickering And William Shockley Are Juniors. <br/> <br/> California Institute of Technology hardcover
1932028707Pasadena: California Institute of Technology 1932. First Edition . Cloth. Very Good. 256 Pp. Green Cloth. Very Good Light Wear. Smal Stain On Front Cover Which Has Embossed Name Of A Student. Nice Photos Of The Physics Faculty Including Robert A. Millikan Earnest C. Watson And Biology Faculty Including Division Chairman Thomas Hunt Morgan. William Pickering Later Jpl Director Was Class President Of The Class Of 1932 And President Of The Radio Club And Cosmo Club And Looks Remarkably Forceful In Intellect. William Shockley Also Graduated This Year And Has A Roguish Photo And Was President Of The Fencing Club After Previously Graduating From Hollywood High School. <br/> <br/> California Institute of Technology hardcover
188628521New Haven: Press of Tuttle Morehouse & Taylor 1886. Paperback. Small 4to. Stiff blue wrappers. 20pp. Very good. Text block truly near fine but mild bit of age toning to outer wrappers only. Probable sole edition of this unusual booklet printed by "Printers to the Students of Yale College" being a collection of full-page advertisements for local businesses. According to the explanatory foreword titled "Cash Basis" "Tickets of the League will be supplied gratuitously to every student of the University" -- and presumably when presented to these merchants the student would receive a special student price. But students are warned that "Tradesmen request that there be no unnecessary display of 'League' tickets when purchasing as the discounts offered may excite jealousy on the part of townspeople. Students are also requested not to lend their tickets to friends." The first full-page advertisement is ironically for "Ammunition Guns Etc." from the Office of A. A. Kellogg. Other ads include a shoe store stationers drug store laundromat furniture store florist optician photographer etc. As both the printed front wrapper and the title page note "Not to be taken from the Room" -- an admonition that perhaps was obeyed for copies of this pamphlet are quite scarce. Press of Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor paperback
18787Chicago: Phillips Greenwald & Schmohl n.y. Broadside. Folio 19" X 17½". Good plus. Original single vertical and horizontal mailing folds visible but not weakened; lightly age toned with homely brownish water spots scattered throughout clearly visible but not terribly disfiguring; edges slightly trimmed not affecting his likeness but slightly impeding upon the large "J" at lower left. Near the lithographer's credit at lower left the "Union Label" or seal for the L.I.P. & B.A. appears. A handsome life-size head-and-shoulders three-quarters pose of the up-and-coming ex-judge with "Judge Richard Yates" along the lower margin in a large typeface. Undated but likely 1901. The 40-ish Yates -- who with hair parted down the middle and handlebar moustache would fit nicely into any barbershop quartet -- gazes thoughtfully to the viewer's right. His turn-of-the-century outfit includes a high-buttoning suitcoat open to reveal a vest elaborate striped tie and stiff starched collar -- all nicely accomplished in this fine example of the lithographer's art. Yates had served as a county judge from 1894 to 1897 then won the governorship on the Republican ticket in 1901 serving until 1905 and not seeking reelection; in 1919 he was elected to Congress and served until 1933. Yates' father Richard Sr. 1815-73 served in Congress 1851-55 as Illinois' war-time governor 1861-65 and as senator 1865-71. Despite prominent browning this large and striking image is an appealing and scarce piece of political ephemera. Phillips, Greenwald & Schmohl unknown
187316631Albany N. Y.: Argus Company. Very Good. 1873. First Edition. Soft Covers. Original clean blue paper covers with black titles on front cover. Interior of booklet is tight clean & intact. Steam on the New York Canals ; Tables; 8vo; 164 pages . Argus Company paperback
007169Sioux City Iowa: Sioux City Tent & Awning Co. Paper. Very Good. Cardstock. 3 1/4" x 6". No Date circa 1904. Advertising card for Sioux City Tent & Awning Co. measuring 3 1/4" x 6" the front side features a black and white photograph of Camp Security the verso reads "If You are Going to BONESTEEL Stop at CAMP SECURITY. Because - There are accomodations for about 1000 persons; the tents are all furnished with from two to four cots new bedclothes and camp furniture; it is enclosed in a 6-ft. tight wire fence and is carefully guarded day and night; meals are served on camp grounds; everything will be run in strictly first-class order. Sleeping accomodations can be reserved any time at our Sioux City office. SIOUX CITY TENT & AWNING CO. 412 Jackson Street." In 1904 the Rosebud Sioux Reservation was opened to homesteaders resulting in a land rush causing 100000 people to come to North Dakota about 30000 of which came through Bonesteel N.D. RARE. Worldcat does not locate any copies. Sioux City Tent & Awning Co. hardcover
2000066763Williams Township Northampton Co. PA: Williams Township Supervisors 2000. Book. Fine. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Light tan wraps plastic comb binding. As issued. 26 pp. 2 folding maps at rear. 1st ptg. Scarce. Williams Township Supervisors Paperback
19475350001Menasha Wisconsin: Society for American Archaeology 1947. Softcover. Very Good in No Dust Jacket dust jacket. Sound binding. Pages clean with light tanning. Wrappers have general light handling wear with tanning. Contents: Introductory concluions. The Tena Indians and their country. Archaeological sites. Disposal of the dead. Houses kashims and caches. Archaeological collections from Tena sites. Pottery from Indian and "Eskimo" sites. Archaeological specimens from "Eskimo" sites. Analysis of archaeological types. Final conclusions. Appendix: Analysis of Yukon potshards by Donald Horton. Bibliography. Index. Illustrated with black and white photographic plates. 10" tall; 360 pages. Society for American Archaeology unknown
190116483Albany N. Y.: State of New York. Very Good. 1901. First Edition. Hardcover. Complete in two volumes part 1 . Text and tables; part 2. Maps and profiles. PART ONE ONLY. Clean black cloth with gilt decorated spine. Interior of text is tight clean and intact. i-x 1020pp. Illustrated with 5 fold-out plans 2 of which are mended with Document repair tape at folds. Plus numerous tables and index. Lightly rubbed spine ends. Prior owner ink stamp first & last pages. New York Canals ; Tables fold out plates; Thick 8vo 8" to 9" tall; 1020 pages . State of New York hardcover
1848DEMO010152ILondon: G. Berger 1848. First edition. Wrappers. Good. 16mo 64 pages original printed wrappers: chipped repaired; perforated with the ex libris of the Union League Club of Chicago. NOTE: offered with a copy of the 1936 Lakeside Classic edition of this title. <br/><br/>Life in Pike County Illinois 1831-1845 by an English emigre. "It is an excellent picture of frontier life -Buck 235". Mrs. Burlend was a Yorkshire peasant. She was the pioneer wife of a pioneer farmer. "Her narrative was written primarily for the information of people of her own class in England who might be weighing the question of migration to America -Milo M. Quaife." Howes B992; Hubach p.70; Clark III 19; Graff 490. G. Berger unknown
1896DEMO016751IChicago: The Caxton Club 1896. First American. Hardcover. Near Fine. Original map in rear pocket. Tall octavo 229pp. half vellum gray paper boards untrimmed rehinged. Ex libris Walter & Kate Brewster. <br/><br/>A reprint of the first English translation London 1714; with the Map of the original French edition Paris 1713 in facsimile. Joutel was second-in-command of this expedition which failed to find the mouth of the Mississippi. Finley Collection 42; BASIC TEXAS BOOKS no. 114 G. "Most reliable eye-witness account of La Salle's two-years wanderings in Texas. The map based on La Salle's Mississippi explorations was the first accurate delineation of that river --Howes J266." Limited to only 206 copies. The first book published by The Caxton Club CCI. Original map in rear pocket The Caxton Club hardcover
1896DEMO014097IChicago: The Caxton Club 1896. First American Edition. Hardcover. Fine. map in rear pocket. Tall octavo 229pp half vellum gray paper boards untrimmed; Ex libris John Thomas Lee who was President of The Caxton Club in the 1920s; in publisher's slipcase. see Sowerby 4072 for Jefferson's copy of this title. <br/><br/>A reprint of the first English translation London 1714; with the Map of the original French edition Paris 1713 in facsimile. Joutel was second-in-command of this expedition which failed to find the mouth of the Mississippi. Finley Collection 42; BASIC TEXAS BOOKS no. 114 G. "Most reliable eye-witness account of La Salle's two-years wanderings in Texas. The map based on La Salle's Mississippi explorations was the first accurate delineation of that river --Howes J266." Limited to only 206 copies. The first book published by The Caxton Club CCI. Map in rear pocket. The Caxton Club hardcover
1896DEMO012892IChicago: The Caxton Club 1896. First American Edition. Hardcover. Good plus. Facsimile map supplied for rear pocket. Tall octavo 229pp. half vellum -with some splits gray boards bumped at corners untrimmed. <br/><br/>A reprint of the first English translation London 1714; with the Map of the original French edition Paris 1713 in facsimile. A reprint of the first English translation London 1714; with the Map of the original French edition Paris 1713 in facsimile. Joutel was second-in-command of this expedition which failed to find the mouth of the Mississippi. Finley Collection 42. "Most reliable eye-witness account of La Salle's two-years wanderings in Texas. The map based on La Salle's Mississippi explorations was the first accurate delineation of that river --Howes J266." Limited to only 206 copies. The first book published by The Caxton Club CCI. Facsimile map supplied for rear pocket The Caxton Club hardcover
190012740Salem MA: Newcomb and Gauss Printers 1900. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 251 pp with frontispiece and many sketches by the author which are rather amateurish but charming. Mild marginal dampstain to the first few pages boards a bit scuffed rubbed at corners and spine ends. The author joined the Lynn Mining Company and departed from Massachusetts in November 1897 traveling via the Schooner "Abbie M. Deering" to Bahia Brazil and on to San Francisco. From there the party secured passage to Seattle and then St. Michael eventually traveling up the Yukon and Koyukuk Rivers to the Arctic Circle. Includes detailed and colorful description of the outfitting process and the vicissitudes of travel and prospecting. Wickersham 80; Tourville 4919; Graff 4712; Howes W556; Smith 11106 Arctic Bibliography 19606. Newcomb and Gauss, Printers hardcover
191025239Minneapolis MN: publisher not identified 1910. First edition 8vo pp. 11 5; 1 plate showing portrait of Longfellow; original leather-grained tan paper saddle-stitched with decorative ribbon the very slightest of soiling otherwise a fine copy. A brief biography of Longfellow apparently one of a series compiled and published by the author from sources "of the first rank and the most authentic source." OCLC locates just four copies: Brown and 3 in Minnesota. [publisher not identified unknown
19240289701924. Manuscript. Good. octavo 51 pages written on letterhead of the Department of the Interior United States Geological Survey rectos only neatly inscribed in pencil and ink very good. This account appears to have been a draft and may have been intended for publication there are numerous corrections changes and emendations throughout the work. The unidentified author traveled by rail from Yellowstone to Seattle and from there to Alaska by steamer. The author visited Ketchikan Seward Anchorage Fairbanks where time was spent with the Mayor Valdez Juneau Prince William Sound Cordova Columbia Glacier etc. The author comments upon the events of the trip and gives interesting information on accommodations for tourists describes the scenery and topography a twelve page description of Columbia Glacier and also describes the towns and cities visited. "Valdez represents the tragedy of mining towns. It is really a dead mining town & it is a real tragedy to walk through and see the great number of vacant houses. Really it is hard to understand the lure of such a place." "Anchorage was created as an operating base for the construction of the railroad and has large permanent railroad yards & shops. It is the youngest and most up to date town in Alaska. For the tourist however it has little of interest." "Fairbanks a town almost exclusively of log cabins. the city is isolated because of its great distance from anywhere and people of the States do not care to spend so much time in traveling to reach the place." <br />
1825827971825. BABCOCK SAMUEL. UNITED STATES. Letter from the Secretary of War Transmitting a Report in Relation to the Works Carrying on at the Pea Patch in the Delaware River: and also the Proceedings of a Court Martial Ordered for the Trial of Major S. Babcock: the Testimony Taken in the Case and the Judgment Pronounced by the Court thereupon: January 19 1825. Washington: Gales & Seaton 1825. 1st ed. 8vo. 78 2 pp. folding tables. Orig. self-wrappers untrimmed. Light toning throughout otherwise a near fine copy. American Imprints 22948. Documenting Babcock's incapacity at overseeing the construction of the fortifications at Pea Patch Island. unknown
