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0005208New York: Sidney Z. Lucas. New edition. Very Good. Image measures approx. 16.5 inches by 21.25 inches; framed; slight crease in the margin through the title. <br/><br/>Perhaps the most vivid illustrations created of 1860 Chicago were published by Jevne and Amini in France. Raoul Varin of Paris France re-created the original paintings in the mid-1920s. The differences between Mr. Varin's paintings and the original prints were subtle. He engraved a variety of signed limited edition numbered prints . in the 1920s and 1930s. They were published by A Ackermann & Son . His views took a historical perspective . often based on extant classical works - Chicagology.com". Only 100 signed prints of the finished work were published. This is an aquatint reprint for Sidney Z. Lucas who operated the Old Print Center in NYC: this reprint was likely done between 1930-1960. Sidney Z. Lucas unknown
19270005209Chicago: A. Ackermann & Son Inc 1927. First Limited edition. Very Good. Image measures approx. 15.5 inches by 21.25 inches; unframed but mounted on fiberboard dark "tidal stain" at lower left margin maskable with matting. <br/><br/>Perhaps the most vivid illustrations created of 1860 Chicago were published by Jevne and Almini in France. Raoul Varin of Paris France re-created the original paintings in the mid-1920s. "The differences between Mr. Varin's paintings and the original prints were subtle. He engraved a variety of signed limited edition numbered prints . in the 1920s and 1930s. They were published by A Ackermann & Son . His views took a historical perspective . often based on extant classical works." Only 100 signed prints of the finished work were published. This is apparently a Proof State of the print and thus unnumbered but it is signed by Varin in pencil in the lower right corner. . A. Ackermann & Son Inc unknown
0656525258.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
190212990Woodsville N. H.: News Print. Very Good. 1902. Limited/Numbered Edition. Softcover. "Autobiography of a Bell." limited Edition #24 of 100 copies. Text tight clean & intact 22pp. Pictorial frontispiece. A Haverhill history told from the perspective of the bell. Accompanied by an envelope containing 1-a photograph of the Ladd Street School House Haverhill N H where the bell hung in the belfry 1902; 2- Official Programme of the 1902 celebration; 3- a silk Book Mark and 4- two attendance tickets for the celebration. Prior owners signature on top margin of front cover. "Seventy Years Ago." : limited Edition 99/100 copies. Original clean grey softcovers with black lettering. Text tight clean & intact 52pp. photograpgLocal history & genealogy of 1832 Haverhill. Spine tail with a tiny mended paper tear. Prior owners signature on top margin of front cover. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 28 52 pages . News Print paperback
1885SB17925NY: Harper & Brothers Publishers 1885. First Edition Early State; Title page and copyright page both dated 1885. Published without map but includes frontispiece of General Custer with protective tissue overlay. Former owner's ink signature dated 1885 on the second front free endpaper; Age-toned else textblock very clean and tight; Flat-brown endpapers. Brown cloth with gilt and black embossing on front cover and spine bumped head and foot of spine bumped corners minor surface scuffing and soiling. 312p. including appendix. Howes C980. First Edition. Illustrated Cloth. Very Good. Illus. by Frontispiece Portrait By Edward F. Acuna. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Hardcover. Harper & Brothers Publishers Hardcover
1993057613Caney KS: O. J. Bridenstine for Caney Valley Historical Society 1993. Book. Fine. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Stiff tan "leatherette" wraps lettered in brown. Just a hint of rubbing to corners essentially as issued with firm square binding clean and unmarked interior. vii253 pp. illus. O. J. Bridenstine for Caney Valley Historical Society Paperback
18480008767circa 1848-9. Fine. 8.5 x 14.5 cm / 11 x 17.5 cm; <br/><br/>Having already accepted Texas as its 29th state in 1845 the U.S.A. in The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo 2 February 1848 acquired 6 additional territories including Californa which eventually acquired statehood. This map was the recto of leaf 378/379 in probably a then-new history textbook. It is the same map with the identifier DLMW148 on the ImageBase of Virginia Tech University. This hand-colored in outline map shows the old boundaries and the new boundaries of Texas Upper California and Mexico and eastward to the Mississippi River and the Gulf of Mexico. unknown
1863DEMO009429INew York: Carleton 1863. First edition. Hardcover. Good. Mullen w. humourous drawings. 12mo; 371 8 pages original chocolate embossed cloth bumped fore-edge lacks ffep inked number on title-page. <br/><br/>This Englishman San Francisco's first entertainer visited California via Panama with the gold rush arriving in 1849. He became an editor at the Marysville Herald the second paper started in California. His travels took him to Hawaii Australia India Europe Turkey etc. He describes Charles Dickens' first public reading in London April 15 1858. His last visit to California was in 1859. Wheat GOLD RUSH 139; Soliday II 1049; not in Smith or Howell; Cowan p.419; Smith AMER TRAVELLERS ABROAD M55. Illustrated by Mullen with humourous drawings. Carleton hardcover
1992005915Carlisle Pennsylvania U.S.A.: Cumberland County Historical Society 1992. 151pp/illus end-paper map. Clean. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Cumberland County Historical Society hardcover
1980060576Madison WI: Russell W. Archer 1980. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Inscribed by Authors. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. INSCRIBED. Green leatherette lettered in gold foil. Minor foxing along text block edges and to a few early and late pages with a few pencil notations to main title and inside back cover. xvi416 pp. illus. Inscribed by author on front flyleaf full signature personalized and "with best wishes for many hours of pleasant reading" dated 19 Oct. 1987. Russell W. Archer Hardcover
1935076231Springfield: Abraham Lincoln Association 1935. Full cloth binding. Inscribed by Angle on front flyleaf. xv 313pp. Illustrations. Fold-out map in very nice condition. Good only jacket is worn with small chips at spine ends a much-toned spine. In a protective mylar cover. Inscribed and Signed By Author. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall. Abraham Lincoln Association Hardcover
1977A52760Placerville CA: El Dorado County Chamber of Commerce. 1977. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. This is an oversized hardback book. The book is in Very Good condition and has a Very Good- dust jacket. The book is in generally clean condition. There is some lightish bumping rubbing and wear to the spine ends and corners of the book covers. There is a 1" tear to the to rear spine joint with an associated bump. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket has several edge tears one that's one inch to the top front panel and two decent sized chips missing from the top front and rear edges. The white covers have a couple of spots of ground-in dirt and toning. "Betty Mack November 30 1901 – November 5 1980 was an American stage and film actress who appeared in over 45 films between 1931 and 1941. She became Betty Yohalem after her marriage to George Yohalem in 1941. She wrote I remember…. Stories and Pictures of El Dorado County Pioneer Families. " from Wikipedia and "What is now known as El Dorado County has been home to the Maidu Nisenan Washoe and Miwok Indigenous American nations for centuries. The region became famous for being the site of the 1848 discovery that sparked the California Gold Rush. As a result the name "El Dorado" was derived from the Spanish word for "The Gilded One". The County of El Dorado was one of California's original 27 counties created effective February 18 1850 the number has risen to 58 today. The final segments of the Pony Express mail route ran through El Dorado County until its replacement with the telegraph service in 1861; U. S. Route 50 follows the Pony Express route today. " from Wikipedia; B&W Photographs; 237p. pages; Pictured 3/17/26 . El Dorado County Chamber of Commerce hardcover
1943010370Literary Classics Inc. New York/ Distributed by Houghton Mifflin Co. Boston 1943. Book. Very Good. Cloth. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. From the personal collection of Ella Phillips Stewart and her husband William Wyatt Stewart with her signature in ink dated 1944 and two of the couple's bookplates. Ella P. Stewart 1893-1987 one of the first African American female pharmacists in the United States and the first in the state of Pennsylvania. As a couple the Stewart's owned the first Black-owned pharmacy in Toledo Ohio. The book is Very Good top corners bumped small abrasions front paste down in a Very Good small chips at spine ends and flap corners light soiling. . Literary Classics Inc., New York/ Distributed by Houghton Mifflin Co., Boston Hardcover
1894002434Indianapolis IN: The Bowen-Merrill Co. 1894. Book. Very Good. Printed Wrappers. First Edition. SCARCE and early publication of the Indiana Historical Society. Very Good in grey printed wrappers wrappers chipped at spine tips and along edges sticker stain front wrapper. Pages are uncut and in excellent condition. 28 pages. Volume II Number 10. The Bowen-Merrill Co. Paperback
1786W2804London: J. Dodsley 1786. 6 1-256 1-246 6 pages. Bound in early full calf. The 4th edition of the anthology which contains the poem "Recollection" written by the American slave poet Phillis Wheatley. The book is in very good condition: clean and tight with foxed endpapers but only occasional light foxing on interior pages; one very small abrasion of the leather on the front cover; title patch is not present. Fourth Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book. J. Dodsley Hardcover
1775W2861London: J. Dodsley 1775. Bound in early full calf. The 2nd edition of the anthology which contains the poem "Recollection" written by the American slave poet Phillis Wheatley. The book is in very good condition: clean and tight with lightly foxed endpapers but only occasional light foxing on interior pages. Second Edition. Hardcover. Very Good . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book. J. Dodsley Hardcover
1910008451Chicago: The Reilly & Lee Co 1910. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Very Good covers rubbed faded and bowed from excessive material laid in Contains 20 photographs cards invitations newspaper clippings programs and and over 50 hand-written pages of the writings of friends classmates and faculty. A lovely remembrance of a Midwestern school girl's high school years chock full of her unique entiries and memorabilia. The Reilly & Lee Co, Hardcover
187527287Steam Press Of C.F. Livingston. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1875. First Edition. Hardcover. Rebound in green cloth with original printed blue card cover behind clear ffep. . Steam Press Of C.F. Livingston hardcover
199468594Bridgewater VA: Good Printers Inc. Very Good. 1994. Softcover. Inscribed by author on title page: "Hope its a good read Joyce Miller". Some edgewear to the covers. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 208 pages; Signed by Author . Good Printers, Inc. paperback
24261Portland OR: Passenger Dept of the Oregon Railroad and Navigation Company Undated circa 1898; Large folded map of the Nortthwest United States showing the route of the Oregon Railroad and Navigation Company daated 1898; Textblock and binding in excellent condition with only light edge-rubbing; Map in perfect condition. Front cover reads "Oregon Washington Idaho and Their Resources". 64p. Illustrated Wraps. Very Good. Illus. by Photos; Folded Map. 8vo - Over 7 3/4" - 9 3/4 " Tall. Paperback. Passenger Dept of the Oregon Railroad and Navigation Company Paperback
1980RGMN00190Minneapolis: Privately Printed 1980 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Brown cloth gilt titles on front board & spine not paginated about 4.5 cm thick. Only slight wear; cover letter laid in is creased & tattered. Bound collection of legal documents relating to the industrial development project described in the title. Shipping weight 5 lbs. . VG/No dj. 28½ X 23½ cm. Privately Printed Hardcover
180716527London: Richard Phillips. Good with no dust jacket. 1807. First English Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Contemporary 3/4 leather over scuffed marbled boards. Bright gilt lettering on spine. Text tight. Early owner's ink stamp on title page. Condition of individual books as noted after each title. Each book was issued separately throughout the year. Binding Instruction including insertion of plates is at the end of the volume although they were sometimes bound individually. These books were of considerable interest because at the time they were one of the only sources of information as to current conditions in foreign countries. Most travel & exploration books were of a more historical nature. There were 10 or more volumes published in this series. Full Titles: 1 "TRAVELS THROUGH THE TWO LOUISIANAS AND AMONG THE SAVAGE NATIONS OF THE MISSOURI; ALSO IN THE UNITED STATES ALONG THE OHIO AND THE ADJACENT PROVINCES IN 1801 1802 & 1803" by M. Perrin Du Lac translated from the French. Title page 106pp. 2pp index. Light waterstain on approx 1/3 of lower quarter of pages. 2 "VOYAGE OF DISCOVERY TO THE NORTH-EAST OF SIBERIA THE FROZEN OCEAN." by Gawrila Sarytschew Russian Imperial Major General translated from the Russian. Title page 80pp index at rear lacks plate of man & woman in Unilaschka. 3 "TRAVELS FROM ST. PETERSBURGH THROUGH MOSCOW GRODNO WARSAW BRESLAW.TO GERMANY IN.1805" by G. Reinbeck translated from the German. Title page 160pp fold out plate "Palace of the Czars" lower corners dampstained index at rear. 4 "TRAVELS IN THE INTERIOR PARTS OF AMERICA COMMUNICATING DISCOVERIES MADE IN EXPLORING THE MISSOURI RED RIVER AND WASHITA BY CAPTAINS LEWIS AND CLARK DR SIBLEY AND MR DUNBAR; WITH A STATISTICAL ACCOUNT OF THE COUNTRIES ADJACENT" As Laid Before the Senate by the President of the United States and Never Before Published in Great Britain an edition of 1000 copies was published inWashington in 1806. Title page 116pp index at rear. Illustrated with charts & a folding table. Information on Indian tribes flora fauna geography & first account of Texas in book form. Nice condition: quite rare. 5 "ACCOUNT OF A VOYAGE TO THE WESTERN COAST OF AFRICA; PERFORMED BY HIS MAJESTY'S SLOOP FAVOURITE IN THE YEAR 1805" by F. B. Spilsbury surgeon to the Favourite. Title page 2pp ad 43pp index 2 fold-out & 5 full page plates dealing mainly with slavery lacks 2 plates. Light scattered foxing. Parts 6 & 7 Analyses of New Works of Voyages and Travels Lately Published in London are summaries of larger works & do not have title pages. 6 " ANALYSES A VOYAGE TO SHEERAZ BY THE ROUTE OF KAZROON AND FEEROZABAD; .MANNERS CUSTOMS LAWS LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE OF THE PERSIANS." by Edward Scott Waring. 64pp index in rear. 7 "TRAVELS IN THE YEAR 1806 FROM ITALY TO ENGLAND THROUGH THE TYROL STYRIA BOHEMIA GALLICIA POLAND AND LAVONIA" by Marquis De Salvo. 32pp. World Travel Americana Africa Russia Persia Native American Slavery ; B.W. Plates; 8vo; 600 pages . Richard Phillips hardcover
19450073181945. Near Fine. 1 typed letter signed by President Herbert Hoover on his personal stationery. Thanking Mrs. Joseph W. Jones of Bristol Tennessee who had sent a $10 donation to the Boys' Clubs of America in response to Hoover's appeal in the organization's behalf. Herbert Hoover 1874-1964 served as the 31st president of the United States from 1929 to 1933. After leaving the presidency he and his wife had lived at Palo Alto California. Following her death in 1944 he relocated to New York City; the address on this letter is 420 Lexington Ave. NYC. In Near Fine Condition: two horizontal folds; light additional creasing; clean and solid. unknown
19600022974DeLhi New York: The Republican Express 1960. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/None Present. VG/1st ed. This book is rare; I find no other for sale and only one listed in a genealogy library in Salt Lake City Utah. The cloth covering the boards is mottled or is disolving but no boards are exposed. Binding is tight with a line of the binder's glue darkening at the front and back gutter. Title in gold on front cover. Samll book label from previous owner on front pasteddwn. Some very light spotting on page edges. Higher quality paper. No marking or soiling to interior of book. 350 pages of text. Excellent candidate for rebinding. Excellent genealogy and historical reference for local families. Comes to you in an acid free document bag for storage which is a good idea because of the cloth and you can't just buy another copy---Let me know and I'll pop it in the mail to you. <br/> <br/> The Republican Express hardcover
190515762New York: Hart & Von ARX Printer. Very Good. 1905. First Edition. Soft Cover. Ca: 1905. Clean soft pictorial cover. Text's interior is tight clean & intact. Illustrated with sepia photographs and floor plans. Spine ends lightly rubbed. ; Sepia Photographs & Drawings; 24mo 5" - 6" tall; Unpaginated pages . Hart & Von ARX, Printer paperback
