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1864006616Boston: Wright & Potter State Printers 1864. pp. 1022 8 22 20. Very Good in the original black cloth with gilt-stamped spine title cloth separating at bottom edge front gutter rubbing to cloth at tips and minor loss of cloth at spine ends front hinge starting dampstain top corner affecting margin but not text of about 200 pages period gift inscription front end page to H.W. Taft Esq. Henry Waters Taft was the brother of President William Howard Taft and a renowned antitrust lawyer. Much detailed information on Massachusetts troops and their involvement in the Civil War. SCARCE in collectible condition. . First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. Thick 8vo. Wright & Potter, State Printers Hardcover books
188310306Washington City 1883. 8vo. 24 pp. <br><br>Includes the progress made by the Signal Service in its metereological and scientific work. Stitched; in original printed wrappers. Browned and brittle with chipping and closed tears resulting in loss of no text but of a little of printed border of front wrapper. A few heavily pencilled marks or inked notations. unknown books
184818773Washington: Wendell and Van Benthuysen printers 1848. 8vo. 661 pp. 8 plates; illus. <br><br>Fascinating annual report of the Commissioner of Patents regarding the operation of the Patent Office and the patents granted in fields such as agriculture transportation manufacturing weaponry etc. with heavy emphasis on the first. Illustrated with text engravings of some tools and machinery and lithographed plates at the end showing two breeds of sheep Electoral Escurial buck and ewe and Infantada Negrette buck and two species of introduced plants sainfoin and pimpinell.<br>Â Â Â Â Government document: 30th Congress first session. Ex. Doc. No. 54. Disbound lacking covers. Title-page a little soiled and with remnants of paper label affixed at inner margin. Title written in ink on one of the front blank leaves by an early owner. Very good. Wendell and Van Benthuysen, printers unknown books
1872001584Washington D.C.: United States Treasury Dept. 1872. John Jay Knox's bookplate "With the Compliments of Jno. Jay Knox Comptroller of the Currency" pasted to front pastedown. Knox was the 4th Comptroller General to serve in this office and also the longest-serving ; his time in office lasting 12 years from 1872-1884. Top edge of page block soiled. Dark blue cloth boards have some spotting near the top edge. Contents are clean tight and unmarked. A wonderful resource for anyone studying the history of banking in the U.S. and let us all hope that more than a few people currently are doing just that !. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. United States Treasury Dept. Hardcover books
1890006432Washington D.C.: Government Printing Office 1890. "With the Compliments of Edward O. Leech Director of the Mint" slip tipped in at title page. Leech was appointed by President William Henry Harrison. With period Indianapolis Public Library attached front paste down identifying this copy as being a gift of The Director of the Mint. Only other library indications are a small label at spine and a small stamp at title page hidden by the tipped in slip. Overall Very Good Minus tear to cloth and loss of cloth at spine ends and tips of boards. Binding sound contents are clean tight and unmarked. . First Edition. Cloth. Very Good Minus/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Government Printing Office Hardcover books
1851002433Washington D.C.: C. Alexander Printer 1851. Very Good paper at spine is worn but still intact and contents are bright and clean. Prior owner name stamp front endpage. 218 pages of remarkable reading with the bulk of the report given to an account in the form of a journal of the march of the regiment of mounted riflemen to Oregon from May 10 to October 5 1849 led by Major Osborne Cross. Also includes reports from other officers in the Quartermaster's Corp from Texas New Mexico California Oregon and Florida. Laid in is a single page typed a "Description of Projectiles Field Artillery Civil War'" dated Mar. 12 1936. A SCARCE and important document on the history of the American West. No maps present. First Edition. Printed Wrappers. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. C. Alexander, Printer Paperback books
1931001564South Bend IN: The Studebaker Corporation 1931. Stamped "Indiana University Library Mar. 14 1931" on front wrapper. 8 1/4" by 10 3/4" 12 pages slate blue stapled wrappers. Front wrapper has a 1" vertical band of age toning at fore edge Else Fine. SCARCE. First Edition. Printed Wrappers. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. The Studebaker Corporation Paperback books
1900007120Washington D.C.: Government Printing Office 1900. In original half leather over brown cloth boards end pages and page edges marbled at least 28 fold-out maps other maps in text illustrated with numerous black and white photographs. 477 pp errata page at rear. Detailed reports from the Phillipines under Major-General MacArthur including reports from Departments of Northern and Southern Luzon Visayas and Mindanao and Jolo. Very Good stamped in gilt front boards "Property of Columbia Club Indianapolis" with its stamp title page as well leather rubbed at edges leather starting to separate externally at spine. Maps all in Near Fine to Fine condition. SCARCE overall a quite handsome copy. . First Edition. Half Leather. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Government Printing Office Hardcover books
18811336103Washington: U.S. G.P.O. 1881. Hardcover. Octavo xii 281 pages; VG-; 3/4 bound in black leather red marbled boards gilt lettering to spine; marbled endpapers; moderate rubbing to hinges edges of boards head and tail of spine; 26 folding plates in rear; "March 3 1881.--Laid on the table and ordered to be printed."; name written on second free endpaper; Shelved in case 8 1/2. 1336103. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. [U.S. G.P.O.] hardcover books
1990191933Urbana; Chicago: University of Illinois Press 1990. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding/Near Fine dust jacket. Contents clean and tight; DJ protected with Mylar Cover. Near Fine binding / Near Fine dust jacket. University of Illinois Press unknown books
19848030Asheville NC: Friends of Anthony Lord / The Asheville Art Museum 1984. First Edition First Printing. Paperback. Near fine in pictorial staple-bound wrappers. Some light spotting to covers. Thin oblong quarto. 19 3 pp. Photograph of of Anthony Lord by Doris Ulmann reproduced on title page; illustrated throughout with black & white reproductions. <br/><br/> (Friends of Anthony Lord / The Asheville Art Museum) paperback books
190121723Boston: Ginn & Company 1901. First Edition. Softcover. Good. Radcliffe College Monographs No. 11. 255 pp in original printed wrappers. Paper covering spine mostly gone leaving binding a bit tender. Chipping at edges of covers. Text clean. As described in the preface "the aims of this investigation have been to trace the early development of anti-slavery sentiment under the influence of religious and ethical principles and of political theories; to indicate its practical outcome on the revolutionary period and the years immediately following; to discover the relation of early anti-slavery to that which culminated in universal emancipation and to determine whether the anti-slavery movement may be regarded as a continuous growth. Ginn & Company unknown books
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 books
196848549New York: Trident Press 1968. First edition 8vo pp. 285 3; advance copy with publisher's announcement laid in; a fine copy in a near fine dust jacket. Mulder and Timmerman A18a. <br/><br/> Trident Press unknown books
196848548New York: Trident Press 1968. First edition 8vo pp. 285 3; Manfred's inscription on front free endpaper dated 1968; a near fine copy in a near fine dust jacket a few small closed tears at edges. Mulder and Timmerman A18a. <br/><br/> Trident Press unknown books
1932002964New Haven CT: Knights of Columbus 1932. SCARCE Knights of Columbus ephemera. Application for Withdrawal is a single sheet printed both sides and tri-folded on backside in pencil is "M.E.Council-2786". It is near Fine with 3 small corner creases. The Application is also Near Fine 4 pages tri-folded with 2 small closed tears at folds. The Application includes Application for Membership Applicant's Declaration to Medical Examiner Medical Examiner's Confidential Report Instructions to Financial Secretary and List of Prohibited Occupations from the Insurance Class. The Application is dated Dec. 18 1932. First Edition. Pamphlet. Very Good Plus/No Jacket As Issued. Knights of Columbus Paperback books
18262397319th Cong. 1st Sess.: HR65. 1826. Washington: 1826. 16pp 4 folding charts. Caption title as issued disbound spine reinforced with paper tape. Light tanning and foxing of charts Very Good. On appropriation of funds "for the support of the Agency on the Coast of Africa for receiving the negroes mulattoes and persons of color delivered from on board vessels seized in the prosecution of the slave trade by commanders of the United States' armed vessels." <br/>AI 26367 2. HR65. unknown books
1935008926Charleston SC 1935. Bespoke project documentation book for the Works Progress Administration restoration of the Dock Street Theatre Charleston South Carolina with the architect Douglas D. Ellington's. personal bookplate. Housed in an embossed calf binder with string tie gilt lettering. 48 pages listed in table of contents which refer to 48 labelled sections each with items such as a summary of the project folder of photographs taken in Stoll's Alley newspaper clippings theatre programs and broadsides research records of holders of the property maps plans photographs drawings and other related ephemera. Very Good the leather binder with wear at spine ends and folders. Douglas D. Ellington 1886-1960 was a Native of North Carolina and trained at the Ecole des Beauv Arts being the first American to win the top honor for decorative competitions at the École. In addition to his work on this theatre project he designed numerous churches residences and government housing projects in Charleston as well as facilities associated with the Charleston Naval Base during the 1940s and 1950s. He is best known for his Art Deco buildings of the 1920s for Asheville N.C. The original Dock Street Theatre opened Feb. 12 1736 and was the site of the first building designed for theatric performances in the Thirteen Colonies. Likely destroyed in the Great Fire of 1740 the restored building was built as The Planters Hotel in 1809. The restoration started in 1935 and was completed by the time of the grand opening Nov. 26 1937. Perhaps the sole documentary record of this historic restoration provenance - from the collection of Joseph Hyde Pratt noted North Carolina geologist conservationist state and civic leader and WWI hero with personal invitation to him for the grand opening of Nov. 26 1937 laid in at rear. Embossed Calf Binder . Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hardcover books
1820105055<p>Archive contains more than 5o items including letters manifests printed and manuscript and pay vouchers etc. in a loose-leaf binder. Some light wear and creasing some minor chips and fold tears normal aging and toning; overall about fine.This is a fairly large archive of the career of Captain Paul Ambrose Oliver c1796-c1848 and his ships the "Louisiana" the "Tiber' and the "Trenton". The archive includes manifests for the shipment of sugar cigars and coffee from Havana to New Orleans St. Petersburg Hamburg and London. One key item is a partially printed Bill of Sale for the Ship "Tiber" dated January 13 1834 for $21500. There is also an estimate for repairs to the "Tiber' dated November 6 1836. The earliest document is dated September 14 1829 and while most of the other documents are between the late 1820s to the 1840s the archive includes some items that are later. There is a letter to his son Brigadier-General and Medal of Honor recipient Paul A. Oliver dated March 29 1869 there is also a copy of the Last Will and Testament of the younger Oliver done in 1911. General Oliver was actually born on his father’s ship the "Louisiana’". There are numerous pay vouchers and receipts from what appears to be a successful career. There is even a rare book list and the burial confirmation for Captain Oliver dated September 17 1849. Other interesting items include a family tree for the Olivers some family letters including a letter to his sons several receipts concerning coffee shipments and a number of ship manifests from various places. Over 50 documents in the collection.</p> books
1997006567Washington D.C.: The White House 1997. A unique personal archive of photographs and letters received by William K. Estes when awarded the President's National Medal of Science on December 16 1997. Included are a SIGNED BY PRESIDENT CLINTON photograph of Estes receiving the medal from Clinton and a SIGNED BY VICE-PRESIDENT AL GORE photograph of Estes with Gore and also two separate unsigned White House-issued group photographs one of the awardees wth President Clinton and the other the awardees with Vice-President Gore. In addition a letter on White House stationery dated May 14 1997 SIGNED by Josh H. Gibbons Asst. to the President for Science and Technology to Estes confirming his selection as a recipient a White House Press Release from the Office of Media Affairs dated April 30 1997 announcing the recipients a congratulatory letter dated December 17 1997 on U.S. Senate letterhead from the office of Senator John Kerry Mass. SIGNED by Senator Kerry and two programs for the event. Also included two congratulatory letters on Harvard University letterheads one dated Dec.18 1997 and SIGNED by Neil Rudenstine President of Harvard and the other dated Dec. 23 1997 SIGNED by Harvey V. Fineberg Provost of Harvard. All materials are in Fine condition. William K. Estes June 17 1919- August 17 2011 was an American psychologist who pioneered the application of mathematics to the study of animal learning and human cognition. He received this award "for his fundamental theories of learning memory and decision. His pioneering development and testing of mathematical models of pyschological processes have set the standard for theoretical progress in behavioral and cognitive science". That same year the other awardees included James D. Watson. Robert A. Weinberg Darlene C. Hoffman Martin Schwarzschild among other notable scientists. . SIGNED. Fine/No Jacket. The White House unknown books
2222237<p>1 Ideals of the Ku Klux Klan 8 pages 3 1/2" x 8".</p><p>2 Application for Membership - Junior Ku Klux Klan 8 1/4" x 5 1/2".</p><p>3 Membership and Dues Record 4" x 7 3/4".</p><p>4 Temporary Dues Receipt 8" x 6".</p><p>5 Petition for Citizenship in the Invisible Empire 7" x 8 1/2".</p><p>Circa 1920's. Very good.</p> unknown books
191218873New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1912. Hardcover. Very good. Bound volume containing six complete issues bound without their original wrappers. pp viii 768. Publishers drab green cloth boards with beveled edges decorated in gilt on spine and front board top edge gilt.Mild shelfwear; very good. Dora Keen 1871-1963 was the first known woman to climb mountains in Alaska. Her article in this volume describes the first ascent of Mount Blackburn which she organized. She was a member of the American Alpine Club and fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and also climbed in the Selkirks of Canada in Norway and in the Alps. This volume also includes work by Henry Cabot Lodge Johm Galsworthy Sara Teasdale and three poems on The Titanic by Corinne Roosevelt Robinson. Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover books
18741497Washington DC: M'Gill & Witherow 1874. Softcover. Very Good. 96 pp indexed. Light general wear and soiling to wrappers small notation in ink on back cover. Contents clean binding sound. Includes an opinion of Jeremiah S. Black attorney for the Sutro Tunnel Comany; a report by Adolph Sutro on "The Mineral Resources of the United States and the Importance and Necessity of Inaugurating a Rational System of Mining"; a "memorial" from the Nevada Legislature asking the United States to aid in the construction of the Sutro Tunnel and additional documents related to controversies arising from the Sutro Tunnel Act of 1866. The Act granted Sutro the right of way he needed to construct his proposed drainage tunnel which he argued would alleviate the flooding of the mines under Virginia City saving pumping costs allowing for deeper mining and providing better ventilation and an additional means of escape for miners. The Act also granted him lucrative mining rights along the length of the tunnel and was perceived as a threat by other mining interests. M'Gill & Witherow paperback books
1940TB30886New York: Hastings House 1940. First Edition. Very good in tan buckram with brown text stampings on the spine and front board and map end papers with a neatly written gift inscription written at the upper edge of the second free end page. A small octavo of 8 by 5 3/8 inches with foxing to the front gutter and foxing to the hinge areas front and back due to a reaction with the glue used in binding. In only a good price clipped dust jacket with heavy chipping to the upper 1/3rd of the spine area and a three inch chip from the upper rear corner of the front panel. 530 pages including an index appedices and photographs in eight sections. The 27th volume in the American state Guide Series. Hastings House hardcover books
18642696New York: Harper & Brothers 1864. Hardcover. Good. Third edition revised and enlarged with mining content not found in the first edition. 251 pp with frontis engraving of the Mowry Silver Mines. Original brown cloth boards are edgeworn with corners rubbed through chips at spine ends and cloth partially split at front joint. Penciled gift inscription on front endpaper internals otherwise clean and sound. Includes sections on the geography the condition of Arizona and Sonora from 1859-1864 the mines of Arizona and surrounding areas a mineralogical sketch governmental issues and the southern railroad route. Harper & Brothers hardcover books
