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184045517New York:: Harper & Brothers. Fair/NONE. 1840. Hardcover. Second edition date on title page recently rebound in dark-green cloth with gilt title on spine. Covers clean bright with contents moderately to heavily foxed and spotted. Previous owner's name in ink and pencil on front endpaper with subsequent owner's name on rear endpapers. 214 numbered pages with publisher's advertisements on rear pages. Illustrated. ; . Harper & Brothers, hardcover
1886RGMN00114Paris: Librairie Hachette & Co. 1886 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Association Copy. Half black calf with pebble-grained cloth-covered boards sewn two-on on sunk cords vii 378 1 pp illustrated throughout with wood engravings. Lacks back tide marks to corners else good. This copy of interest primarily on account of the bookplate of Horace Lowry on fpd and his name & "Minneapolis" rubber-stamped on half-title. There are also a binder's tag for "Thode & Co. Bookbinders 250 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis Minn." and a note tipped onto half-title: "Bind 3 Books / Leather Backs & Corners / Clo-side. -- / use light wt boards / Whitall / 8/5/89." Horace Lowry succeeded his father Thomas Lowry and his uncle Calvin Goodrich Jr. as president of Twin City Rapid Transit Company in 1915. Shipping weight 2 lbs. . Fair/No dj. Illus. by Emil Bayard. 18½ X 12½ cm. Librairie Hachette & Co. Hardcover
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. US Army General Hospital No. 29 unknown
18321304Annapolis: S.n. 1832. Single sheet folded in half to 7 5/8" x 12 1/4. Fine condition with old horizontal folds no doubt for placement in a delegate's vest pocket. There is one clean 3/4" tear along the edge of one of these folds otherwise nearly perfect. Typeset and printed draft of a substitute bill which was adopted by the Maryland General Assembly on March 8 1832. The bill was to supplement to Maryland's law regarding elections originally enacted in 1812. <br /> <br /> The present bill noting that the United States Congress had not yet acted on its apportionment bill following the 5th Census to fix "the ratio of representatives from the several states in this Union" proposes to divide Maryland into districts for the purpose of choosing electors for United States President and Vice-President and to specify the numbers of electors from the counties within those districts. <br /> <br /> Henry Brawner was a delegate from Charles County. Jesse Hunt whose bill Mr. Brawner sought to displace was a delegate from Baltimore City. There are several changes to the printed text penned in an unknown hand though surely a member of the General Assembly.<br /> <br /> For discussion of the General Assembly's consideration of this substitute bill and the original it replaced see "Journal of the Proceedings of the House of Delegates of the State of Maryland December Session One Thousand Eight Hundred and Thirty-One" pages 507-511.<br /> <br /> An interesting piece of Maryland elections and legislative history from a simpler time. (S.n.) unknown
18372319Philidelphia: E. C. Biddle. Very Good. 1837. First Edition. Drawn Printed & Colured at L. T. Bowen's Lithographic. Folio Sheet; museum mounted with large view size 20" x 14"; in wood frame under plexiglass; 1 folio leaf the full original biographical text description also included in rear pocket. Light strip of adhesive remnant from tissue guard at right frame edge. . E. C. Biddle unknown
18372314Philidelphia: E. C. Biddle. Very Good. 1837. First Edition. Folio Sheet; museum mounted with large view size 20" x 14"; in wood frame under plexiglass; 7 folio leaves the full original biographical text description also included in rear pocket. Light strip of adhesive remnant from tissue guard at right frame edge othewise very clean. Frame with a few nicks to top edge. . E. C. Biddle unknown
1914056889Pasadena: Clune's Pasadena Theatre 1914. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine. 12 Pp Covers 6" X 4 5/8". Promotional Booklet For Pavlowa's American Tour Here With The Rear Page Showing Ad For Her Jan. 26 Concert At Clune's Pasadena Theatre The Booklet Was Published At Many Venues Each With A Distinctive Last Page. <br/> <br/> Clune's Pasadena Theatre paperback
185124214St. Paul: James M. Goodhue 1851. 8vo pp. 241; orig. brown printed wrappers wrappers loosening and slightly chipped. Martin 30; Sabin 49258 citing that for 1850. James M. Goodhue unknown
18231396999Washington D.C.: Gales & Seaton 1823. First Thus. Hardcover. Octavo 11 16 15 206 4 5 3 3 8 4 4 4 3 4 25 5 24 pages. In Good minus condition. Full brown calf with chipped gilt-lettered spine label. Front board detached but present. Boards show moderate plus wear overall with significant age toning and chipping to leather on spine. Text block has light plus age toning to untrimmed edges light to moderate age toning to pages throughout varying degrees of foxing to folding tables and occasional off-setting. <br> <br> Contains all 16 numbers appearing in Volume I of the U.S. House-ordered printing. Appears to contain all folding tables 41 in total.<br> <br> Shelved Room A. The printing ordered by the U.S. House of Representatives containing one of the earliest printings of Message from the President of the United States to Both Houses of Congress at the Commencement of the First Session of the Eighteenth Congress in which President James Monroe first elaborated the “Monroe Doctrineâ€. Monroe guided by Secretary of State John Quincy Adams articulated a policy obligating European powers to treat the western hemisphere as the United States' exclusive sphere of influence. The eponymous doctrine has been a cornerstone of American foreign policy ever since. <br /> In his State of the Union Monroe declared that ". the American continents by the free and independent condition which they have assumed and maintained are henceforth not to be considered as subjects for further colonization by any European powers." 1396999. Special Collections. Gales & Seaton hardcover
1842105097<p>14 manuscript pay vouchers most about 3" x 8" one full page. Some fold tears paper a little fragile normal browning and aging; otherwise about very good. This basically a collection of pay vouchers for dock master and health warden in the early 1840s in NYC. Most of the receipts have four or five lines of text but one item is a full folded page of text. </p>
1839105098<p> Five manuscript pay vouchers most about 4" x 8. Some fold tears paper a little fragile normal browning and aging; otherwise very good. This basically a collection of pay vouchers for park keepers in 1839 in NYC. The payments were for work done in Washington Square Thompkins Square and Battery Park. Most of the receipts have four or five lines of text and are docketed on the reverse.</p>
191120093New York: New York Zoological Society. 1911. Hardcover. Very Good. Boards with light rubbing to extremities and with light bumping to corners. First and last few pages with foxing. ; Reports committees officers finances and the animals; B&W Photographs; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 134 pages . New York Zoological Society hardcover
19062154San Francisco: June 30 1906. Very Good. 1906. 8 pps.; 22" x 15"; articles directory advertisements. Chipped at edges; 2 " horizontal tear from foredge at fold. Newsprint is good quality and clean with no tanning. First page devoted to Public Man and Affairs followed by pages of more general news "Men and Women" "Facts and Comment." Of particular interest is the New Directory of San Francisco and Oakland" on pages 4 thru 6. "Owing to the constant changes to location by thousands of firms that have been burned out a book directory will be misleading for many months to come. The Wasp has made arrangements to publish a Complete Weekly Directory of leading Business Firms of San Francisco regardless of their location on this side of the bay or in Oakland." Includes Municipal Offices and Judiciary; Miscellaneous; and an extensive alphabetized list of businesses by name activity and address. . June 30, 1906 unknown
187221704St. Paul: H.E. Newton & Co 1872. First edition 8vo pp. 20 ads 415; folding map of Minnesota folding advertisement plate on heavy stock lithograph plate printed on both sides on heavy stock advertisements for local enterprises on paste-downs and free endpapers; orig. brown morocco-backed printed paper-covered boards rubbed also with ads; some wear but generally good and sound. H.E. Newton & Co unknown
20845Broadside 21 x 11 inches printed in four columns with two cartoon illustrations. Horizontal folding creases archival tape repair to one long tear on the back all else very good. If you'd like a peek into the intricacies of North Dakota Republican Party politics leading up to the 1908 election look no further. In brief the conservative wing of the Republican Party known as the "Stalwarts" supported local political boss and Republican National Committeeman Alexander McKenzie whose "McKenzie Machine" had dominated politics in the state for more than a decade. A faction of progressive "insurgents" wanted McKenzie ousted from power. This Pro-McKenzie broadside reports on the recent activities of both factions and provides a table showing the affiliation Stalwart Insurgent or Undecided of delegates elected to attend the upcoming State Republican Convention by county. Despite the seeming domination of Stalwarts McKenzie was forced to retire later in 1908 and by 1910 the insurgents had secured control of all important state offices and both houses of the North Dakota legislature. unknown
188914096Buffalo NY: E.H. Hutchinson 1889. First Edition. Softcover. Near fine. 87 pp in original printed wrappers. Mild soiling. The author was an attorney and Principal of the Buffalo Classical School. He traveled to Oregon Washington Alaska primarily Sitka and British Columbia in 1888 reporting back in a series of articles for his local newspaper the Commercial Advertiser. This is their first appearance in book form. Includes interesting letters on indigenous crafts in Alaska the Russian population in the Sitka area and the Sitka mission along with sketches of Portland Astoria and the Puget Sound region. Tourville 658; Wickersham 1987; Not in Smith or Arctic Bibliography. E.H. Hutchinson unknown
199060415London: X-Asity 1990. Staple-bound chap book 8.25" x 6" pp. 48; orange printed paper wrappers; bump at corner else fine; a transcript of the BBC Radio series based around Anthony Scaduto's biography. X-Asity unknown
190219917Philadelphia: Lilienfeld Bros. Steam Power Printers 1902. Softcover. Good. 36 pp with 3 illustrations from photographs many ads. Original stapled wrappers have chipping and internal tape repairs and are detached from text block; internals very good. Not found in OCLC. The Pannonia Beneficial Organization was founded in 1896 through the merger of three existing Jewish benevolent societies all of which had been formed between 1882 and 1894 a period during which thousands of Russian Jewish immigrants settled in Philadelphia. The Home for Jewish Orphans located at the corner of Tenth and Bainbridge Streets was one of Pannonia's first projects. This pamphlet offers a brief history of the organization lists its officers and board members and those of the Young Men's Hebrew Union and Women's Auxiliary and urges "every Jewish heart in Philadelphia" to "rejoice over the colossal achievement of the Jewish community in the founding in so short a space of time of an institution which shelters its fatherless and motherless children." The publication appears to have served its fundraising purpose well as it carries advertisements from more than 75 local businesses. Lilienfeld Bros. Steam Power Printers unknown
188620050New York Philadelphia and Chicago: Historical Publishing Company 1886. Hardcover. Very good. 9.25 x 12 inches pp iv 33-292 in original blind-stamped black cloth with gilt lettering reading " Industries of Pennsylvania" on upper board. Light rubbing to corners; rear board is dampstained but interior is untouched clean and sound. Very good. A fantastic resource for the commercial history of Philadelphia containing more than 1400 entries all at least 100 words most considerably more for the city's merchants manufacturers importers wholesalers retailers professional services etc. Each listing provides the address history primary personnel and scope of activity for each business occasionally accompanied by an illustration of the premises or products produced by company. The introductory text provides a "historical and descriptive review" of industries commerce and trade in Pennsylvania and includes attractive illustrations from engravings; maps; and a complete list of post express and telegraph offices in the state. A similar guide was published for Pittsburgh in the same year. Eleven copies located in OCLC; scarce in commerce. Historical Publishing Company hardcover
24140Gelatin silver print sheet size 11" x 14" image size 7.25" x 9.25" signed and numbered image #795 in the negative. Undated. Stephen Hallet Willard 1894-1966 was a California painter and photographer best known for his views of the Coachella Valley Death Valley and the greater Mojave Desert region and the eastern Sierra Nevada. Long based in Palm Springs he established a summer studio in Mammoth Lakes in 1924 and moved there permanently in 1947. This view is of Lake George--located in the Inyo National Forest near Mammoth Lakes--and Crystal Crag a striking rock mass topping out at 10364 feet. unknown
1945215692大阪. Osaka.: 每日新聞社. Mainichi Shinbusha. Showa 20 1945. 64pp 18 x 12.6cm black and white line illustration upper cover original wrappers slightly soiled wrappers neatly strengthened with washi on reverse closed tears neatly mended. This book on the United States and the Americans was published in November 1945 by Mainichi Newspaper only a few months after the end of the Pacific War. Kagawa Toyohiko a Christian evangelical pacifist writes on the origin of American morality. Other essays by various authors cover American politics labour movements literature culture and art. In its forewords the editor states that it is very important to understand the United States and its people for Japan. . 每日新聞社. [Mainichi Shinbusha]. unknown
18221399Annapolis: Printed by J. Hughes 1822. First edition. Modern quarter Morocco and cloth over boards. Octavo. 92 pages. Very good with foxing to title page and a few following. Spine is titled in gilt. Comes in a custom marbled paper slipcase. Two fold-out tables. Scarce report on the affairs of the Potomac Company in 1821 as investigated by a joint commission appointed by Maryland and Virginia. Here Maryland Governor Samuel Stevens formally transmits this report to the Maryland Legislature on January 1 1823.<br /> <br /> The Potomac Company was formed in the late 18th century with the object of reengineering the Potomac River to create a navigable link from the Ohio country to the port at Georgetown George Washington was an investor and served as the Company's first president. <br /> <br /> By 1821 the Virginia-Maryland joint commission found that the Potomac Company had "incurred heavy debts which their present resources can never enable them to discharge nor is it reasonable to expect in such circumstances that they can ever effect the objects of their incorporation."<br /> <br /> Further the commission found that the Potomac Company's sluice navigation system which was heavily dependent on "floods and freshets" was impractical and that only a still-water canal with locks could provide a navigable route that could be used consistently enough to be profitable. <br /> <br /> In the wake of this report the Potomac Company announced that it could not fulfill its charter. The project was subsequently taken up by the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company chartered in 1825.<br /> <br /> OCLC locates 10 copies. Printed by J. Hughes unknown
18491533Washington DC: J. & G.S. Gideon 1849. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. 16 pp in original self-wrappers. Some handling wear light foxing. Preston proposed the creation of a single new state from all of the former Mexican territory. It was generally assumed that this would not be a slave state the land not being conducive to plantation farming but Preston took no explicit stand on the slavery issue in his bill. Instead he argued that Congress should not make "such rules and regulations as are necessary for the government of the territories" for this would be like "a foreign government" such as the British making a critical decision for "a people abroad" such at the American colonies. "Territorial dominion was given to us" he argues "not that we might place slavery there or freedom there--not that we might go into municipal legislation in detail for these provinces--but it was that we should rear up there sovereign and independent States." When a stipulation forbidding slavery was added to the bill later in the month it was defeated after an all-night session of name-calling and fistfights. Sabin 65385. J. & G.S. Gideon paperback
190314432Washington: Government Printing Office 1903. Hardcover. Very good. 891 pp; original brown cloth boards. Corners rubbed tear in cloth at head of spine just a bit wobbly. Binding otherwise sound text and endpapers clean. Text in English French and Spanish. Government Printing Office hardcover
18537324Saint Paul: Printed at the Pioneer Office 1853. First edition 8vo various paginations; original printed tan wrappers with paper on spine partially perished else fine. This pamphlet also contains "Second Annual Report of the Superintendent of Common Schools of the Territory of Minnesota" with a separately paged "Appendix to the Report of the Superintendent of Common Schools Containing the School Law with the Amendments of 1852 and Forms for the Use of School Districts;" an "Auditor's Report;" "Report of the Board of building Commissioners of the Territory of Minnesota;" "Report of the Adjutant General;" and a "Treasurer's Report." Martin 54. Printed at the Pioneer Office unknown