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1928006617Indianapolis IN: Bobbs-Merrill 1928. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on front end page - "To Hilton U. Brown from his old friend Kin 1928- twenty-third annual book". Hilton U. Brown was a longtime newspaperman at the Indianapolis News rising through the ranks from city editor to become general manager and vice-president. He was President Emeritus of the Board of Directors of Butler University whose Hilton U. Brown Theatre bears his name. Book is Near Fine top corners small bumps in a Very Good dust jacket spine darkened small chips and tears at folds. SIGNED copies of Hubbard's books are uncommon RARE with such a great Hoosier Association. . SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Association Copy. Bobbs-Merrill Hardcover books
1916004215Indianapolis Indiana: Abe Martin Publishing Co. 1916. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on title page - "To Will Hays from his friend Kin Hubbard 1916". Will Hays managed Warren G. Hardings successful campaign for the Presidency of the U.S. and was subsequently appointed Postmaster General. After a year in that position he resigned to become most famously known as the first President of Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America MPPDA which under his guidance published a blacklist of actors and workers studios should not hire inserted moral clauses into actors' contracts and published an informal list of suggested guidelines for film producers. Frank McKinney "Kin" Hubbard was the creator of the cartoon "Abe Martin of Brown County" which ran in U.S. newspapers from 1904 until his death in 1930 and was the originator of many political quips that remain in use. North American humorist Will Rogers reportedly declared Kin to be "America's greatest humorist". Hubbard worked for The Indianapolis News and Hays was also a native Hoosier. A truly delightful bit of Indiana history and a wonderful Association Copy. No date but the author's inscription verifies it at 1916 which is the date also given by WorldCat. Book is Near Fine page block uniformly browned. . SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Association Copy. Abe Martin Publishing Co. Hardcover books
1929006618Indianapolis IN: Bobbs-Merrill 1929. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on front end page and SCARCE thus. Book is Very Good Plus top corners bumped small faint sticker shadow at bottom of spine a Very Good dust jacket small chips and edge tears small label with "63" bottom edge of spine. SIGNED copies of Hubbard's books are uncommon particularly in collectible condition and this title is SCARCE. . SIGNED BY AUTHOR. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good Plus/Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Bobbs-Merrill Hardcover books
52360La Crosse WI: Sumac Press n.d. Broadside 22 x 14 cm.; printed in red edition size not stated fine. Rulon-Miller Wulling 208. <br/><br/> Sumac Press unknown books
006589No Place: Bernhardt Wall SCARCE. A set of 26 pencil SIGNED individual drypoint etchings plus the unsigned title page etching to Wall's book "Following Abraham Lincoln 1809-1865". With tissue guards for all but 3 of the etchings all of the etchings are Fine No Date circa 1933-1942. On heavy laid paper the sheets ranging in size from 8 1/2" x 9 3/4" to 10" x 12 1/2". Each etching with small "Lilly Library" stamp verso at corner the whole set housed in a plain manila envelope marked "Dups.". A unique array of Wall's Lincoln etchings that could if matted and framed grace the walls of any Lincoln collection. SIGNED BY ARTIST. Etchings . Fine. Bernhardt Wall Paperback books
1976251937Richmond VA: Acca Temple 1976. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Red cloth binding with title stamped in gold on the front cover; front cover is slightly bowed and back cover less so. Very Good binding. Acca Temple unknown books
1986264792Self-published 1986. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding. A pristine copy with no marks of any kind. Illustrated with no marks of any kind. Near Fine binding. Self-published unknown books
180118229Washington City: Pr. by William Duane 1801. 8vo. 143 2 84128 1 146208 4 pp. <br><br>An accounting of all payments made by the Treasurer Samuel Meredith for the year 1800. "Published by order of the House of Representatives." Government document: House document United States. Congress. House; 7th Congress. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Shaw & Shoemaker 1451. Removed from a nonce volume. Complete despite pagination. Very good. Pr. by William Duane unknown books
1926004616New York: American Educational Press 1926. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR OF INTRODUCTION Will H. Hays on front endpage -"Dear Billie: Read these articles. "A Man's Job Is What He Makes It"- whatever that job may be. I know you will do all yours well. Affectionately Will H. Hays June 5 1926". His then 11 year old son did indeed go on to do his jobs well becoming an author and Mayor of Crawfordsville Indiana. Will H. Hays jobs included U.S. Postmaster General Chairman of the Republican National Committee and most notedly President of the Motion Pictures Association of America from 1922-1945. Wonderful Hollywood Association Copy ! Book is Very Good titles at spine worn yet legible light rubbing at the tips. . SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR OF INTRODUCTION. First Edition. Flexible Leather. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. Presentation Copy. American Educational Press Paperback books
1944489881944. United States. Dept. of Justice. Lands Division. Acquisition of Property for War Purposes. Washington D.C.: United States Government Printing Office 1944. xli 158 pp. Ex-library with stamps. Cloth worn spine sunned. $5. unknown books
1944489891944. United States. Dept. of Justice. Lands Division. Acquisition of Property for War Purposes. Washington D.C.: United States Government Printing Office 1944. xli 158 pp. Ex-library with stamps bookplate on front pastedown. Cloth worn spine sunned. $5. unknown books
1941003171Spencer IN: Samul R. Guard & Co. Inc 1941. SCARCE and invaluable resource for the collector of Indiana artists. Fine nice prior owner bookplate front pastedown. 181 pages with 2 pages of advertising. Illustrated profusely. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Samul R. Guard & Co., Inc Hardcover books
184012239Washington: S. D. Langtree; New York: Halsted & Voorhies 1840. 8vo. 159 pp. <br><br>Stated on title-page: "Published by Authority." Includes an index on pp. 145159. Removed from a nonce volume; five holes in inner margin not touching text except in a couple of instances affecting only a few letters but not sense of text. Short tear in one margin and chip in upper margin of one page resulting in loss of page numbers. Title-page with inked numeral in upper right corner and folded corner. Stains in gutter margin of first few leaves; elsewhere occasional small brown spots and spots of foxing. S. D. Langtree; New York: Halsted & Voorhies unknown books
1849250924Richmond: William F. Ritchie 1849. Hard Cover. Good binding. 298pp. Lacking end paper; some mold on front paste-down title page and first dozen pages also on rear paste-down and last 50 pages; no pencil or ink markings evident in text; leather spine and marbled boards leather corners are missing; light edge wear to extremities with slightly heavier wear to bottom extremities; closed tears at top of front and rear boards at spine and at bottom of front and rear boards at spine. Good binding. William F. Ritchie unknown books
179734640Philadelphia: Ross 1797. 561 26 Constitution and Amendments thereto iv Table of Contents Index of 24 leaves. Bound in attractive modern calf and marbled boards with gilt-lettered morocco spine label. Occasional light toning and mild foxing Very Good.<br/><br/> This is a complete offering of Ross's printing of the Acts of all three Sessions of the Fifth Congress including the Alien & Sedition Acts and establishment of the Marine Corps plus a treaty with the Cherokees. <br/>Evans 32951 34688 36479. Sabin 15501-15503. Ross unknown books
180323453Washington: Duane 1803. 191 1 blank v 1 blank pp. Stitched in original pale plain wrappers. Scattered light fox untrimmed and partly uncut. About Very Good. <br/><br/> The Judiciary Act statehood in the Northwest Territory Jefferson's troubles with the Barbary Pirates and other early material are treated here. Duane unknown books
180019664Philadelphia: Samuel Harrison Smith 1800. 223 1 vii pp. Original plain wrappers untrimmed. Front wrapper title page and first few leaves tattered some minor text loss of the marginal note of page 4. Some dampstaining. Good. <br/><br/> With the contemporary signature of 'Capt. John Hopkins' a Revolutionary War officer and captain of a company of Rangers according to some notes laid in. The Laws of this Session the last to be printed in the 18th century established the bankruptcy act authorized removal of the national government to Washington created the Indiana Territory and authorized a territorial government in the Mississippi Territory. <br/>FIRST EDITION. Evans 38700. Not in Jenkins. Samuel Harrison Smith unknown books
180823454Washington 1808. 178 vii pp. Untrimmed and uncut stitched into original plain pale wrappers. Very Good. offered with ACTS PASSED AT THE SECOND SESSION OF THE TENTH CONGRESS. Washington: 1809. pp. 181-309 iv 28pp. Title page Laws of the United States vol. IX bound in at end. Original plain wrappers. Contents untrimmed scattered foxing. Very Good. unknown books
18139887Washington 1813. 233 V pp. Stitched untrimmed original printed wrappers worn at spine. Old institutional stamp uncut light wear. Very Good. AI 30008 4. unknown books
180328987Richmond: Printed by Meriwether Jones 1803. Folio. 11 5/8 x 7 1/4 inches. 60 lxii 2 pp. Expertly bound to style in period half tree calf over marbled paper covered boards flat spine divided into compartments with gilt rules red morocco lettering piece in the second compartment<br/> <br/>Scarce Virginia printing of the acts of Congress during Thomas Jefferson's presidency including printings of important American treaties.<br/> <br/>A very rare Virginia printing of the laws of the second session of the seventh United States Congress with additional material on European and Indian treaties. The Seventh Congress was the first during which Thomas Jefferson was President. Printed here are the acts admitting the state of Ohio with alterations of laws governing the Northwest and Southwest Territories as well as other session laws Importantly this volume contains a series of important treaties. The "Convention Between the French Republic and the United States of America" pp. i-xxiii with both French and English texts ratified in 1801 settled all the commercial and military disputes that had brought the two countries to the brink of war in the 1790s and paved the way for the Louisiana Purchase. Next appears the newly ratified version of part of Jay's Treaty also settling claims over commercial issues. Finally there are printings of treaties made by President Jefferson with the Chickasaw Creek Choctaw and Seneca Indian tribes. OCLC records only four institutional copies all in Virginia. Not in Shaw & Shoemaker.<br/> <br/>OCLC 7441072. Printed by Meriwether Jones unknown books
18039797Washington 1803. Original plain wrappers chipped along spine loosening. pp. 195-316 iv Table of Contents lxxxv xxvi Index. Title leaf dampstained and bound at end. Untrimmed partly uncut Good to Very Good. Significant law prohibiting vessels from bringing Black sailors into ports of States which bar entry to free Negroes. Legislation is also included on issues arising from the war in Europe. unknown books
18019798Washington: Samuel Harrison Smith 1801. Original plain wrappers laid down over stiff paper. Untrimmed and partly uncut. pp. 227-352 as issued Table of Contents Index. Title page Laws of the United States Volume V at end. Very Good. <br/><br/> This Session passed the controversial Judiciary Act signed by Adams in February It created district and circuit courts and provided the framework for Adams's 'midnight appointments' to the bench. As Henry Adams the President's grandson observed of the Act "The Federalists used their last moments of power to establish themselves in the posts it created. In Jefferson's words they retreated into the Judiciary as a stronghold." I Adams History of the U.S. During the Administrations of Thomas Jefferson 187. <br/> This volume also includes the organization of the District of Columbia. Samuel Harrison Smith unknown books
18098489Washington City: Pr. for the Department of State 1809. 8vo. 2 1 blank 181309 1 iv 28 2 1 blank pp. <br><br>From "Laws of the United States of America. Vol. IX." The session began 7 November 1808. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Shaw & Shoemaker 18809. Sewn in very worn plain wrappers; spine gone. Leaves dog-eared uncut. Half-title torn in fore-margin. Pages 195196 torn in top margin with loss of a few letters and page numbers. Small pieces missing from margins of pp. 203204 and 205206 without loss. Foxed and stained with staining heaviest to later leaves. Pencilled ownership signature on half-title. Pr. for the Department of State unknown books
200423647NY: Oxford University Press. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2004. Hardcover. 0195167716 . Publisher's promotional material laid in. First printing. Fine in a fine dust jacket. . Oxford University Press hardcover books
188328019Washington D.C.: Government Printing Office 1883. First edition. Removed. A very good copy. xviii 185 pp. 8vo. 47th Congress 2d Session. House of Representatives. Report No. 1863. Examines the false claims of Thomas J. Majors of Nemaha county who was nominated as a contingent representative from Nebraska which claimed that it was underrepresented because there were serious faults with the census of 1870. Majors presented an 1874 census as an 1872 census thus deceiving Congress. Scarce. OCLC shows only a single copy at Georgetown. [Government Printing Office] unknown books