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1966011269Pioneer Publishers 1966. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Two volumes of the four volume set. Oversize format 8-1/4"W X 10-3/4"H. Aqua colored cloth boards. Many photos and illustrations. Vol. I - 340 pp. Bright gilt print. Light edgewear and tanned paper. Previous owner's name and address on front free end paper. Clean text block. Vol. II - 383 pp. Index. Gilt print on front board is rubbed with a few darkened spots in title. Clean interior with tanned page edges. <br/> <br/> Pioneer Publishers hardcover
202124381Colorado Springs CO: Circle Star Publishing 2021. New and unead; Signed by John Anderson on the title page. 307p. including index. Signed by Author. First Edition. Glossy Boards. As New. Illus. by Photographs Drawings and Maps. 4to - Over 9 " -12" Tall. Hardcover. Circle Star Publishing Hardcover
190315424Arkansas: Halli W. H. Burton. Good. 1903. First Edition. Hardcover. Clean green cloth has white hand written title on spine . Front cover has white title and design and is beginning to flake off. Internal hinges are re-enforced with green cloth. Leaf 1 & 2 have creases and mended edge tears. Pictorial frontispiece. Inscribed by author. Rear pocket removed ex-library. No other library markings. South Arkansas County Arkansas; Ex-Library; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 190 pages; Signed by Author . Halli W. H. Burton hardcover
179724060London: J. Debrett 1797. Hardcover. Good. Third and most complete edition of this work "in which form it was the most informative compilation on the West at the end of the 18th century" Streeter. 8vo xii 598 pp index in modern leather binding with new modern endpapers and flyleaves with four folding maps -- three original and one in a nicely made facsimile. The three original maps are: A Map of The Western Part of the Territories belonging to the United States of America with splits small losses archival repairs to verso; A Plan of the Rapids of the Ohio; and A Map of the Tennassee sic Government Formerly Part of North Carolina. The facsimile is A Map of the State of Kentucky from Actual Survey by Elihu Barker of Philadelphia. The most important eighteenth-century guide to the Trans-Allegheny region. Imlay was a surveyor and land speculator in Kentucky and the first part of this book and the entirety of the first edition consists of a series of descriptive letters designed to attract settlers to the interior. This is followed by Filson's important work on the history of Kentucky Boone's autobiographical account and other valuable material including Thomas Jefferson's 1791 "Report of the Secretary of State.of the Quantity and Situation of the Lands not Claimed by the Indians." Field 747; Howes I-12; Sabin 34358; Streeter Sale 1525. J. Debrett hardcover
187139922Boston: City Council. Good with no dust jacket; Hinges cracked boards rubbed owner bookplate . Richard J. Fennelly Esq. on front pastedown owner name on front . flyleaf. 1871. First Edition. Hardcover. ix 720pp. Green cloth with Boston city seal stamped in gilt on front boards and titles stamped in gilt on spine. One folding map of Boston reproducing 1728 engraved map of Boston. Second folding map at rear lacking. A detailed look at the history and geography of Boston from first white settlement through the mid-nineteenth century.; 4to 11" - 13" tall . City Council hardcover
1898006002New York: A. L. Burt 1898 New York: Burt 1898. First Edition. Decorative grey silk binding with image of George Washington blindstamped iin black and red. Decorative blindstamping to spine gilt titles. Frontispiece illustrated title plus 6 full page black and white illustrations on plates. 227 pp. followed by 32 pp advertising. A book with a history this volume was won in a "peanut race" in 1907. A clipping from the race is attached inside the front board and a note in pencil by the owner speaks about winning the book as a prize. Light edgewear very good condition. A. L. Burt hardcover
1979FD6199Philadelphia et al: National Publishing Co 1979. HB. Full tan leather gilt lettering and 4 raised bands on spine 8vo. 810 pp ads at rear marbled endpapers frontis portrait of Grant. Hinges weak and tape reinforced some soiling and wear to covers 4 small spots of white paint rear cover 1/2" split rear joint at top. A report illustrated of U. S. Grant's world tour after his presidency. Book condition Good. National Publishing Co hardcover
189317897New York: Harper & Brothers. 1893. Hardcover. Very Good. Boards with light rubbing to extremities. Some of the pages unopened ; Top edge gilt. Decorative blue boards with gilt lettering and black pictorial design. ; B&W Illustrations; 8vo; 518 pages . Harper & Brothers hardcover
187824079St. Louis: Western Publishing Company Jones & Griffin 1878. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. 564 pp illustrated and indexed bound in original green cloth with embossed title and decoration on front board gilt spine. Moderate wear to boards previous owners' names on front pastedown evidence of something tipped-in and then removed from verso of frontispiece otherwise clean and sound. Detailed and well illustrated work describing many of St. Louis' leading businesses and civic institutions as well as an extensive ca. 150 pp section on "Social Features" which include residences summer pastimes Fire Department Metropolitan Police "Pariahs in the Docks" "Ways that are Dark" "Street Arabs" "Life Among the Lowly" "Mystic St. Louis" street vendors crime gambling drinking customs the insane and more. Western Publishing Company, Jones & Griffin hardcover
1855040132Fairfield Iowa / Philadelphia: Henn Williams & Co. / R.L. Barnes 1855. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Full-color folding map 22" x 35". Folds into embossed red-cloth covers gilt lettering on cover 5.75" x 3.75". Near fine condition. Drawn in 1854 and issued early in 1855 this map shows a "Great Western Mail & Emigrant Route to the Pacific" extending from Omaha. The first American settlers arrived in Iowa from the East in 1833. By 1855 the new state had become a magnet for homesteaders and settlers to work the rich land. Henn, Williams & Co. / R.L. Barnes hardcover
1859005221New York: John A. Gray 1859. Book. Very Good. Printed Wrappers. First Edition. 8vo. Very Good wrappers with small chips corner crease at spine top edge. Stitched wrappers. 23 pgs. "Read by appointment before The Congregational Ministers' Meeting of New London County Ct." . Rev. Henry Cheever was the brother of famed abolitionist George Barrell Cheever. and while certainly an avowed abolitionist himself is perhaps best remembered for his documenting of his travels in the Hawaiian Islands. In this SCARCE tract he argues that the teachings of the Bible provide ample reason to withhold fellowship from churches and individuals who tolerate slavery. John A. Gray Paperback
1901038198Richmond: Dispatch Printing House 1901. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo. 320 pages. SIGNED First edition hardcover in green cloth with gilt design on front cover and the title in gilt on the spine. Binding has considerable spotting. There is bumping at headcap/spine. Headcap has some fraying.There is a pencilled notation on the front flyleaf by previous owner. An inscription has been written on the front flyleaf by the author "'The Times' with compliments of the writer". Some pencilled marks in text which is lightly toned with occasional small toned spots. Josiah Staunton Moore 1843-1913 was a Private in Company B of the 15th Virginia Regiment in the Civil War. He was captured at Five Forks on April 1 1865. He made his life in Richmond Virginia and he was the author of "History of Henrico Parish adn St. John's Church." The travel in the book is European. <br/> <br/> Dispatch Printing House hardcover
192615514Kansas City Mo.: Smith & Grieves Co. Very Good. 1926. First Edition. Hardcover. Original clean maroon cloth has gilt title on spine. Text's interior is tight clean & intact. Crisp pages. Top edge gilt. Six additional pages of publications at rear of text. Spine ends lightly rubbed. Explanation of the operations of the Pension System of the USA covering investigation of claims in Missouri. South Missouri Pension System; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 387 pages . Smith & Grieves Co. hardcover
A9781016983266Hardback. New. hardcover
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3337220630.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
200950303St. Paul: Ampersand Club 2009. Square 8vo pp. 9" x 9" pp. 47 1; color photographs throughout; a collection of rememberences by close friends of Powers; original gray paper wrappers; fine. Powers was design and production manager at Minnesota Historical Society Press as well as proprieter of Amaranth Press and a devoted Ampersand Club member. Over the course of his career he also worked for Ernest Morgan the Stinehour Press and the Plantin Press. [Ampersand Club] unknown
18930007974Aurora IL : Aurora Daily Beacon 1893. First edition. Crown folio measures 18 x 11.5 / 46 x 30 cm. 43 pages 15 photogravure plates cord-tied leaves largely disbound with creased alligator-patterned paper wrappers. Inked name of W.C. Masterson. Offered "as is" with any faults. NOTE: SOME GRAVURES MISSING. <br/><br/>This peculiar work was included in the Library of the Woman's Building of the World's Columbian Exposition. The WCE inspired the female employees of Kane County Illinois to create this testimonial to the progressivism of the Kane County Government in employing women. Funds were raised with an elaborate celebration of the dedication of the new County Court House September 30 1892. The previous court house had burned down. This work recounts how the women employees defied the smoke and flames while feeding the paperwork into the vault. Not in Dybwad's bibliography of the World's Columbian Exposition . ( Aurora Daily Beacon ) unknown
1989035208Melbourne FL: Melbourne Centennial Committee 1989. Book. Near Fine. Spiral Bound. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Stiff b&w pictorial wraps spiral-bound. Slight shelf wear virtually as issued. ii205 pp. illus. Very scarce. Melbourne Centennial Committee Paperback
125199Tequest FL: Pharos Books. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Signed by author. First edition. Nice . shape. N.D. Hardback. 0692485821 . 159 pages . Pharos Books hardcover
1947051624Chrysler Motors 1947. Hardcover. Fine. Original Small Soft Cover Brochure 1947. Fine. <br/> <br/> Chrysler Motors hardcover
19991274Santa Fe NM: Rydal Press 1999. Hardcover. Fine. Photos. Lovely brown cloth reprint of a rare 1920 publication by Sayle who accompanied three other men to the Arizona-Utah border specifically Navajo Mountain. Ltd. #11/70 in brown cloth w/ paper spine label fine no dj. <br/> <br/> Rydal Press hardcover
1936037004New York: Dodge Publishing Co. 1936. Book. Very Good. Cloth. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Light green cloth lettered in ivory. 92 pp. illus. w/ b&w photographs. An early apparently the first entry in the "Seeing America with Bobby and Betty Series" which eventually included the San Francisco Exposition Washington D.C. and two entries for the New York World's Fair. Thus not to be confused with the later "A Trip to the New York World's Fair with Bobby and Betty" 1938 by Grover Whalen as told to Elsie-Jean revised and re-issued in 1940 as "Fun at The Fair: A Trip to the New York World's Fair of 1940 with Bobby and Betty." The present volume issued in 1936 is among Thomas's scarcer publications most notable now less as a children's introduction to the city than for its many photographs from Underwood & Underwood and other sources difficult to locate otherwise straying considerably beyond the touristy meccas such as the Statue of Liberty to include wonderful images of Chinatown and a pushcart market on Orchard Street. Cover cloth is a bit faded and a bit unevenly but overall presents with only light shelf wear mildly tanned spine panel and endsheets all typical of issue. Minor exposure to several corners and at heel of spine. Firm binding clean interior. Stated 1st edition. Dodge Publishing Co. Hardcover
188626Akron OH: H. G. Canfield 1886. 8vo 92 pages printed wrappers; the penultimate leaf of detective Burlison's text is defective and lacks text but the following leaf tho defective retains the full woodcut image of Burlison. Rare. <br/><br/>"On the night of April 3d 1865 the Safe of the Ohio Farmers Insurance Company at Le Roy Medina County Ohio was cracked and some $61000.00 taken therefrom. . Samuel M. Felker was arrested in Chicago by Detective Pinkerton and brought to Medina and lodged in jail where he confessed that he knew where all the bonds and money were and that he could and would provide the same on condition that he should be released." ". the guilty and self-confessed thieves were permitted to escape and protected in the enjoyment of their ill-gotten gains has thus far remained a mystery. This little book proposes to give a true and faithful history of the whole matter which will read like a romance - Preface." This tale was 20 years in the telling. The prefatory Note is dated 1864. There may have been an 1885 edition the tipped-on copyright notice is dated 1885. WorldCat cites only 3 copies of any edition of this booklet - all in Ohio. Includes much correspondence with Allen Pinkerton. H. G. Canfield unknown
