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1836004868Schenectady: Printed at the Reflector Office 1836. 2nd Edition . Hardcover. Good. 32mo - over 4" - 5" tall. 93pp. Orange paper over boards buckram backing title label on front board. Edges rubbed boards spotting and soiling to cover front endpaper darkened rear free edpaper not present traces of light foxing to text binding is sound. Contains listings of the "Distances of the principal canal and stage routes in the state of New York and the western states Lower Canada &c." In addition it contains descriptions of proposed railroads a "List of Broken Banks" and canal tolls. A compact little book measuring 4 1/2 x 3 inches. Howes T-331. <br/> <br/> Printed at the Reflector Office hardcover
1947000443Chicago IL 1947. Book has 165 pages with a few illustrations plus index. Index page is uncut. Book has light wear to edge of cover. Inside spotless and tight. Includes: Celestial Brides: The Rise and Fall of King James I The Truth About Buffalo Bill Mississippi Yarns and Ballads: with a few branches from the Missouri Calamity Jane: Man Woman or Both The Custer Campaign Diary of Mark Kellogg etc. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. hardcover
19263002532New York, 1926. VIII, 287 S. Mit Abbildungen. Lwd.
1924OF8373Madison Wisc: University of Wisconsin 1924-1925. 47. HB. Green cloth gilt lettering on front cover and spine 12 mo various paginations. Bound volume of the long established student magazine The Octopus first published in 1919 and continued until 1959 issued monthly during the school year. This is Volume 6 for the years 1924 & 1925. Each monthly issue was in excess of 40 pages with glossy color covers and full of student writings and advertisements from local businesses. Very nice art-deco artwork and an interesting insight into student life in the "roaring twenties" Owners name ffep no other marks in book hinges have been reinforced. Covers show minor edge wear. Uncommon. Book condition VG. University of Wisconsin hardcover
1902021237New York: Doubleday Page 1902. New York: Doubleday Page 1902. First edition. 4to. Cloth binding indexed. Illustrated in black and white throughout. iii pp. 2022- 2692. Many interesting articles on government labor commerce in turn-of-the-century United States. Negro in South Africa; Oil Fields in Alaska; Steamships; Boer War; Cattle Raisers; Hawaii; Cuba; Cecil Rhodes New York City public schools. A bit of scuffing to boards including scuff of white paint. Very good. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. Illus. by Illustrated. 4to. Doubleday, Page Hardcover
1903019806New York: Doubleday Page 1903 New York: Doubleday Page 1903. First edition. 4to. Cloth binding indexed. Illustrated in black and white throughout. Many interesting articles on government labor commerce in turn-of-the-century United States. Theodore Roosevelt John Jacob Astor American Museum of Natural History in New York City New York Stock Exchange Andrew Carnegie New York City Subway Assouan Aswan Dam Mormons Alfred Krupp Hellen Keller and Annie Sullivan with pictures Growing Lemons many more. A bit of scuffing to boards rub to crown of spine. Very good. Doubleday, Page hardcover
19922291Los Angeles: The Zamorano Club. Fine. 1992. Limited Edition. 200 copies printed. . The Zamorano Club unknown
2461Family & personal letters photos playbills screen shots and press releases. 17 items plus 4 large head shot photos & 3 smaller head shot photos. <br /> <br />Gina Malo 1909 - 1963 Janet Flynn American-born actress and former Ziegfeld girl Malo acted in films on both sides of the Atlantic but was more successful in British operatic musicals. At the beginning of her career Gina tried passing herself off as a French actress but was later discovered to be born and bred from Cincinnati. Gina's most famous movie roles were "Waltz Time" 1933 "Chamber of Horrors" 1940 and "Jack of All Trades" 1936. As her screen career began to falter she concentrated on performing in regional repertory theaters in the U.S. and Canada. Married to Romney Brent. <br /> <br />Romney Brent 1902-1976 Romulo Larralde Romney was a diplomat's son Mexican-born actor who made his debut in 1922 in the Theater Guild's production of "He Who Gets Slapped." Acting in more than 35 plays most of them on Broadway including "The Fourposter" in 1953 in which he and Sylvia Sydney costarred in the roles created by Hume Cronyn and Jessica Tandy. Brent both wrote and directed in the US and abroad also appearing in a number of films including "The Adventures of Don Juan" starring Errol Flynn. Brent enlisted in the Canadian Army at the outbreak of World War II and spent the early 1960's traveling through Europe and South America at the head of the repertory company under the aegis of the State Department. <br/><br/> unknown books
1982033341Colorado Department Of Natural Resources Mined Land Reclamation Division Inactive Mine Program 1982. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine. Maps Charts Photographs. Two Massive Volumes Grey Wrappers Printed In Black. No Names Or Marks Or Damage Touch Of Rubbing 1/18" Closed Tear At Top Of Rear Spine Edge Of Volume Ii. International Shipping At Higher Than The Standard Rate Quoted. <br/> <br/> Colorado Department Of Natural Resources, Mined Land Reclamation Division, Inactive Mine Program paperback
19332084New York: Weil McGinniss & Sloman 1933. First Edition. Wraps. Color illustrated wraps. Good. 97 pages. 35 x 28 cm.Volume I Number I - Quarterly magazine specifically produced for the drug and toiletry market. Large format and profusely illustrated. Compelling articles include Ephedra Congo Medicine and The Medicine Man; with an early article about "Dr. Seuss" and his early illustrating work for The Standard Oil Company of New Jersey. The story goes something like this: After one of Geisel's cartoons that appeared in Judge Magazine mentioned FLIT a common bug spray at the time Geisel signed on with The Standard Oil Company and produced illustrations from May 31 1928 through 1941 which in turn helped him gain notoriety and landed him assignments with Life Liberty and Vanity Fair. Additionally a full two-page center spread color illustrated of Garbo in 1915 and again in 1933. This publication seems to be the first and last published. Covers chipped rubbed and soiled. Some pages toning to the interior. <br/><br/> Weil, McGinniss & Sloman paperback books
189849548Albany NY: State of New York. Good with no dust jacket; Boards lightly worn hinges cracked corners . bumped. 1898. Hardcover. Annual report covering the year 1897 by the Fisheries Game and Forest Commissioners of New York State. Numerous photographs and illustrations maps one color folding map of catchment basins of some New York State rivers has hole in center. Green decorated cloth boards. Includes sections about maple sugaring game fish fish hatcheries fishways wood-ducks snipe forestry forest reservoirs and other topics. Some beautiful color plates of fish species. Nine color plates by Sherman F. Denton of Cisco White Bass Silver Chub Female Common Whitefish Rocky Mountain Trout Steelhead Golden Shiner Alewife and Male Common Whitefish. Five color plates by J. H. Ridgway of birds: Kingfisher Great Blue Heron Male Woodduck Female Woodduck and Wilson's Snipe. ; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; 455 pages . State of New York hardcover
1916017205Washington: Government Printing Office 1916. VERY HEAVY. 1037pp 3 plates 24 figures appendices including Bellabella and Nootka tales list of Tsimshian proper names and place names and glossary index. Hinges broken. Prev owner's four-line rubber stamp by the upper corner of the front paste-down and above the publication details by the lower edge of the title page. Internally a good clean copy. Decorative olive cloth boards. The front board has a once-gilt illustration of an American Indian in head-dress at its centre; gilt spine titles and decorations. In this Report the paper covers Tsimshian Mythology by Frank Boas based on texts recorded by Henry W Tate. Hard Cover. Fair to Good. 4to. Government Printing Office Hardcover
1918017206Washington: Government Printing Office 1918. HEAVY. 819pp notes index. Prev owner's four-line rubber stamp by the upper edge of the title page no text affected. Decorative olive cloth boards. The front board has a gilt illustration of an American Indian in head-dress at its centre; the gilt spine titles and decorations are rubbed and slightly faded. In this Report the accompanying paper is Seneca fiction legends and myths. Part I covers material collected by Jeremiah Curtin: fiction legends traditons tales myths and medical note; Part II coveers Seneca legends and myths collected by J N b Hewitt. Hard Cover. Very Good. 4to. Government Printing Office Hardcover
194225612Thornwell Orphanage. 1942. Hardcover. Gilt-stamped blue cloth covers moderately shelfworn w/spotting on rear panel. Pages tight unmarked with foxing. 316 pages with frontis of Rev. William Plumer Jacobs founder of Thornwell Orphanage and Presbyterian College Clinton South Carolina. In addition to a history of the orphanage brief biographical sketches and photos of various residents of Thornwell some in wartime uniform are included. ; . Thornwell Orphanage, hardcover
198151599Minneapolis: Bookslinger Editions & Odegard Books 1981. Edition limited to 300 copies folio bifolium paper cover by Gerry Lange of the Bieler Press each containing 6 broadsides; the 2 broadsides printed by Schanilec are "Once in the Pool Doing My Laps" by Susan Allen Toth and "Why Men Are Not Enough" by Deborah Keenan each with a relief collograph by Schanilec. The other broadsides are by Carol Bly "In the countryside we get the point of normalcy." printed by Gerald Lange at the Bieler Press; Patricia Hampl "I walked around Prague." also printed by Gerald Lange at the Bieler Press; Jon Hassler "Off to his right the wounded mallard swam." printed by Phillip Gallo at the Hermetic Press; and Patricia Hampl "St. Paul: Walking" also printed by Phillip Gallo at the Hermetic Press. A publication conceived by Jim Sitter of Bookslinger to promote the work of three friends and three of the Twin Cities' finest printers. Quarter to Midnight A.40; see also A.37 and A.38. <br/><br/> Bookslinger Editions & Odegard Books unknown books
197463796<p>West Springfield MA: Private Printing. Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards worn cracked at outer front joint. 1974. Hardcover. Illustrated softcover bound in blue leatherette hardcover binding. Many photos and illustrations. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall .</p> Private Printing hardcover
197321467Roswell NM: Burns-Curry Realtors 1973. Four-fold brochure with map illustrations from photographs. 8.5 x 4 inches when folded; fine. Much of this development was completed in the mid-1960s with the expectation of selling homes to people who worked at Walker Air Force Base. After the base closed in 1967 the project stalled for several years. This brochure asserts that "due to the recent popularity of Roswell there is a big demand for new development" and thus both lots and completed homes are now being made available for sale. Tierra Berrenda is described as a master planned community developed with attention to population density traffic flow and accessibility. The text also promotes Roswell itself which is "fast becoming the most favorite retirement haven in the Southwest" and provides "many of the advantages of big-city living without the hazards of congested traffic polluted air and social unrest." Neither UFOs nor aliens are mentioned. Burns-Curry Realtors unknown
192017027Winona: Watkins 1920. 8vo pp. 96; near fine in original wrappers small hole punched through upper left corner cover is a colorful illustration of "Watkins City" a fictional city created by grouping all Watkins Company buildings across the nation into one picture. "Tested recipes secrets of beauty the home doctor helps for the housewife hints on the care of the car etc. <br/><br/> Watkins unknown books
1958033742San Marino: San Marino High School 1958. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good . Very Light Wear At Corners Very Many Student Signatures And Inscriptions. <br/> <br/> San Marino High School hardcover
1857010632New York: J. Disturnell 1857. Book. Good-VG. Buckram. Second Edition. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Original edition rebound in light green buckram gilt stamped title on spine panel. 172 pp. 32 pp. at rear of excursions appendices advertisements. Identified as 2nd Edition based on statement in Appendix. Ex-library copy stamped endpapers several stamps on early leaves from Mercantile Library and Free Library of Philadelphia. Title page slightly dampstained with small area of darkening along fore-edge of several early leaves. Approx. 1/2" notch of paper loss along top edge of Contents leaf. Otherwise nicely intact interior though evidently slightly trimmed. Graded as Good-VG due less to defects than to rebound/trimmed status. Exceptionally scarce early guide in fact one of the earliest promotional publications that led to the emergence of Niagara Falls as the premiere natural tourist attraction it later became. J. Disturnell Hardcover
1936022593Pasadena: Pasadena Star News 1936. First Edition . Illustrated Wrappers. Very Good . Color Cover and Ads B/W Photographs. Good Quality Photographs Reproduced On Glossy Paper Very Many Ads For The Premier Business Establishments And Hotels.Near Fine; Label "Contributed By W. L. Sterett Pasadena Calif. <br/> <br/> Pasadena Star News unknown
1901019063McIndoe Bros.: 1901. 649 pages. "Appendix and Addenda Cent Society gleanings from the Town files bits of genealogy errors indexes etc." FINE- HARDCOVER some purple discoloration is present on some of the pages. This book is bound into a modern binding dark blue cloth with lettering bright on the spine. Hard Cover. Fine-/Not Issued with a Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. McIndoe Bros.: Hardcover
18901467Taunton MA: White Warner & Co. c. 1890s. Cards. Illustrated card stock. Very good. 13.5 x 10.5 cm. Illustrated stove trade card. "New Cyclone Ranges are THE BEST Medium priced ranges in the Market. Fitted with WHITE'S reliable Patent Grate Alaska Knobs &c. Thousands in use and Giving Satisfaction." Black and white stove illustration one one side with color illustration of african-american male's face embedded in a flower on verso. <br/><br/> White, Warner & Co. unknown books
1855204791855. Softcover. Very good. Folio 7 pp printed on blue paper in two unsewn unbound gatherings. Minor handling wear; near fine. The Rogue River Indians were not a single tribe but a conglomeration of several groups living in the Rogue River Valley of southwestern Oregon. This treaty was concluded by Indian Service Superintendent Joel Palmer on November 15 1854. According to Eberstadt it allowed the United States "to settle other Indian tribes on the Table Rock Reserve. In return the Rogue River Indians were to receive twelve horses one beef two yokes of oxen coats pants and shirts. The Indians both won and lost their shirts at the same time." Goodspeed states that "this treaty the Rogue River Indians relinquished their title to certain lands in the neighborhood of the Cascades." The Native American signatories to the treaty are listed as Jo-aps-er-ka-har Sam To-qua-he-ar and Jim Ana-cha-a-rah "headmen of the Rogue River tribe of Indians. unknown
1855204791855. Softcover. Very good. Folio 7 pp printed on blue paper in two unsewn unbound gatherings. Minor handling wear; near fine. The Rogue River Indians were not a single tribe but a conglomeration of several groups living in the Rogue River Valley of southwestern Oregon. This treaty was concluded by Indian Service Superintendent Joel Palmer on November 15 1854. According to Eberstadt it allowed the United States "to settle other Indian tribes on the Table Rock Reserve. In return the Rogue River Indians were to receive twelve horses one beef two yokes of oxen coats pants and shirts. The Indians both won and lost their shirts at the same time." Goodspeed states that "this treaty the Rogue River Indians relinquished their title to certain lands in the neighborhood of the Cascades." The Native American signatories to the treaty are listed as Jo-aps-er-ka-har Sam To-qua-he-ar and Jim Ana-cha-a-rah "headmen of the Rogue River tribe of Indians. unknown books