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1969005738Senator Mike Gravel 1969. SIGNED Typed Letter dated July 10 1969 sent to W. Carl Jackson The Pennsylvania State University - " Dear Mr. Jackson I wanted to draw your attention to the unique communications experiment in bringing the Apollo 11 live telecasts to Anchorage. This will be the first direct intercontinental link to Alaska using two communications satellites in a complex distribution chain for the tests." He goes on to talk about the experiment "heralding a new era for Alaska" and how it will in particular to bring audio-visual techniques to Alaskan schools libraries hospitals universities and community centers. He finishes by by asking Jackson for future help in bringing new techniques or applications "to help accelerate this era". Mike Gravel was the colorful Democratic Senator from Alaska 1969-81. He became nationally known in 1971 for his filibuster for five months that forced the Nixon administration to cut a deal effectively ending the draft in the United States and for putting the Pentagon Papers into the public record by reading 4100 pages of the 7000 page document into the Senate record. W. Carl Jackson at the time was Director of Libraries at Penn State University. The letter is Near Fine folded twice for mailing staple top left corner small crease top edge. Penn State Received stamp bottom right corner. SIGNED BY AUTHOR. One PageFolded. Near Fine. 8" x 10 1/2". Senator Mike Gravel Paperback books
1960005737Washington D.C.: Hubert H. Humphrey 1960. Typed letter SIGNED on United States Senate letterhead subheaded Committee on Government Operations and dated May 23 1960. Addressed to Carl Jackson Head of the Acquisitions Dept at the University Library University of Minnesota. 38 words noting material enclosed and extending an offer for further assistance. SIGNED Best wishes. Sincerely Hubert H. Humphrey". Letter folded once in middle Fine. . SIGNED BY AUTHOR. Fine. 8" x 10 1/2". Hubert H. Humphrey unknown books
1968006439Washington D.C.: Kennedy For President Campaign 1968. Kennedy For President Headquarters letterhead April 27 1968. Letter to Mrs. Randolph in full : "Dear Mrs. Randolph Thank you for your generous agreement to help. Our campaign in Indiana is truly a proplr-to-proplr effort and your agreement to serve as my personal representative on your block will make a vital contribution to our victory. These are not ordinary times and the dedicated work of many across our nation will be required if we are to work together successfully to solve the difficult problems that face us - - if we are to bring peace abroad and reconciliation at home. So we have an enormous job ahead of us - - but a job we can do successfully - - and your help will go a long way toward assuring that success. You can be sure that I appreciate your efforts and will be looking forward to thanking you personally in the near future. Sincerely yours Robert F. Kennedy". Letter with 2 horizontal folds Near Fine. With related block captain kit materials including Kennedy For President printed envelope 25 flyers printed both sides with Kennedy's portrait 2 block captain paper stick-on badges and a printed business reply post card for block captain to post results of visits. The Indiana primary was held May 7 and Kennedy won. After losing to McCarthy in Oregon Kennedy won the California and South Carolina primaries on June 4th before being tragically shot in the early morning hours of June 5th and succumbing 26 hours later on June 6 1968. . TYPED LETTER SIGNED. One Page. Near Fine. 8 1/2" x 11". Kennedy For President Campaign Paperback books
1959501050<p>"James A. Farley" in green ink on letterhead New York January 16 1959; to Los Angeles resident Joan O'Brien in response to a request for a favorite prayer: "My favorite prayer is and always has been THE LORD'S PRAYER Of course I say it daily." 4to 1 page.</p> unknown books
1940005617New York 1940. n his personal stationery dated November 25 1940. The letter written 20 days after Willkies loss to FDR in the 1940 presidential election thanks a supporter for her good will and also ".a heartening faith in the principles for which I stand". Near Fine folded twice to fit into envelope. . SIGNED BY AUTHOR. One PageFolded Twice. Near Fine. 8 1/2" x 11". Paperback books
194041889Minneapolis: The Colwell Press 1940. 8vo pp. 107; original stiff red spiral-bound wrappers printed in red white gilt and black; horizontal crack through middle of spine general light shelf wear else very good. "This edition of Type Specimens has been published as a handbook to aid customers in preparing their copy. We show on the following pages a complete list of our type faces in the various sizes" - title page. Not in OCLC. <br/><br/> The Colwell Press unknown books
1961005732Washington D.C. 1961. In this letter dated Sept. 18 1961 Johnson is extending his personal invitation as Chairman of the National Advisory Council for the Peace Corps for the recipient to attend a regional Peace Corps Conference one of 14 scheduled to take place after the passage of the Peace Corps act. The 6 paragraph letter gives detailed reservation information and is SIGNED in blue ink "Sincerely Lyndon B. Johnson". The Peace Corps was established by Executive Order 10924 issued by President John F. Kennedy on March 1 1961 announced by televised broadcast March 2 1961 and authorized by Congress on September 21 1961. The Sargent Shriver letter dated Oct. 3 1961 thanks the recipient for serving as a member of the Host Committee for the Peace Corps Regional Conference held in Minneapolis MN. Robert Sargent Shriver Jr. was the first director of the Peace Corps 1961-1966 appointed by his brother-in-law President John F. Kennedy. In 1972 he was chosen to be the Democratic nominee for Vice President to run with George McGovern after Thomas Eagleton resigned from the ticket. The recipient of both letters was W. Carl Jackson who was then Chief Acquisitions Librarian University of Minnesota. Mr. Jackson later became Dean of Libraries at Indiana University and authored the book "The Log of the Carla Mia." about his solo sailboat crossing of the Atlantic in 1978. He was lost at sea and declared legally dead in 1981 attempting to sail from Europe to America after wreckage from his boat was found off the coast of Spain. Both letters are Fine folded twice for mailing. A unique archive early Peace Corps material is SCARCE. TYPED LETTER SIGNED. One Page. Fine. 8" x 10 1/2". Paperback books
185429574St. Paul: February 23 1854. 4to 43 lines approx. 330 words; previous folds else fine and with the original mailing envelope bearing an 1854 St. Paul postmark. Homes warns that St. Paul is no place to live: "I shall not give them much encouragement if they come here and must come on their own responsibilities. I know Jonas would not like it here and would soon get homesick and as it costs considerable to get here. I don't wish to be responsible for the uncertainty of their liking the country. I would not stay here were it not for making money. This country has many failings which are great detriments to it. Timber is very scarce and in some parts the soil is not good. A large portion of the land about this place is land that won't wear long. I think the best portion of this country is on Lake Superior. Some from this place are moving there now." <br/><br/> February 23 unknown books
1898157671898. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine. Privately printed no place of publication given. 12mo. 108 pp 16 photographic plates. One of 500 copies signed by the author this one also inscribed by the dedicatee Robert D. McGonagle who is the second of the titular "Two Men." Original textured brown boards stamped in gilt. Minimal external wear but some light foxing. Narrative of western travel primarily California but also Mexico Arizona and Nevada. hardcover books
1865006220Morrisania NY: Press of J.M. Bradstreet 1865. #56 of only 100 copies printed and SIGNED by Henry B. Dawson. SCARCE in collectible condition. Rebound in black cloth with grey end pages and without the original wrappers. Cloth is untitled with light rubbing armorial bookplate of Thornton Walbridge front paste down. The original book is Near Fine light foxing to endpages faint crease rear end page. "The following Tract concerning a very important event in the War of the American Revolution was written by WILLIAM GRAVES EFQ. the eldeft brother Admiral THOMAS GRAVES and privately circulated for the purpofe of defending the latter from the ferious charges which were brought againft him fubfequent to the furrender by LORD CORNWALLIS at Yorktown". 39 pp. Revolutionary War. . SIGNED BY AUTHOR. Limited and Numbered Signed 1st Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Limited Edition. Press of J.M. Bradstreet Hardcover books
198346556St. Paul: Minnesota Historical Society Press 1983. First edition 4to pp. 304; profusely illustrated in black & white; near fine in original brown cloth gilt-lettered spine pictorial dust jacket very lightly worn. <br/><br/> Minnesota Historical Society Press hardcover books
1958003394Washington D.C.: U.S. Atomic Energy Commission 1958. Near Fine slight ripple to front wrapper. Contents are clean tight and unmarked. Erratum slip laid in. Prior owner stamp bottom corner rear wrapper. . First Printing. Printed Wrappers. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. U.S. Atomic Energy Commission Paperback books
193242456Minnesota 1932. Oblong 4to unpaged; frontispiece of the Minnesota State Capital black and white photographic illustrations throughout text printed in double columns decorative borders printed in orange; original tan string-bound wrappers printed in brown yapp edges; some shelf wear interior fine. Conference publication includes brief pieces by the governor of Minnesota Floyd B. Olson; mayors of St. Paul and Minneapolis William Mahoney and W.A. Anderson; and various leaders of the Union. The second half of the brochure comprised chiefly of advertisements and sponsor notices. Minnesota Historical Society only in OCLC. <br/><br/> unknown books
197050252Madison Minn: The Seventies Press 1970. First edition wrapper issue; 8vo pp. 59 3; original plain tan wrappers with tan pictorial dust jacket without a price on the front flap and with the '2' in "20" on the front panel in a smaller font. This is the first state of the dust jacket see Gustafson for details. Also wrappered copies appear to be the ones first shipped from the printer. This copy inscribed to Mankato poet: "For Rezmerski John. Robert Bly and with a typical Bly drawing of what I take to be a moose and also from Tomas Transtromer." 2000 copies were printed 1000 each in boards and wrappers. Transtromer won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2011. Gustafson B14. <br/><br/> The Seventies Press hardcover books
19272221820<p>First edition thus. 11 1/2" x 8 3/4". Twelve full page portraits by Arthur Treichler. Original 3/4 red cloth over grey boards. No dust jacket. Very good. Unpaginated. No signatures or bookplates.</p><p>One of 75 copies this copy is not numbered.</p><p>There is a pencil note at the end: "Bound by GH at TM with Charley Malotte 1928."</p><p>Include profiles of 12 leading L.A. business leaderes and notables: Perry W. Weidner William M. Garland Bernal H. Dyas Orra E. Monnette Irving H. Hellman William A. Clarks Jr. Charles Baad Ralph J. Chandler Harold Lloyd George E. Nagel Hal Roach and Ralph C. Hamlin.</p><p>Printed by Sim W. Crabill; Typography and design by W. Irvin Brennan.</p> Times-Mirror Printing & Binding House hardcover books
19732863Trabuco Canyon CA: California Classics 1973. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. xiv 414 pp with illustrations index illustrated endpapers. Signed by author on flyleaf. Light dust soiling to top edge; else fine. Dust jacket shows shelf wear with some chips one large and tears. This volume "weaves three yarns into one: a cracking good narrative of Orange County's formative years an in depth study of a salty newsman from Lucas County Iowa and an invaluable reference work for history-lovers of both places" dust jacket. California Classics hardcover books
2222016<p>ca. 1938. Octavo. 12 b/w photos. Original stiff tan pictorial wrappers. No dust jacket. Very good 2 1/2 inch tear to back cover. 23 pages. No signatures or bookplates.</p><p>Cover title: Mission of San Jose de Tumacacori.</p><p>Extra material concerning the mission/monument including folding ground plan dated February-August 1938 laid in loose.</p> paperback books
183148475Boston: Stephen Foster 1831. First edition of the author's first book of poetry 16mo pp. vi 7-52; without the errata slip not present in all copies; a nice copy in original muslin-backed drab boards the cloth a little nicked and brooken along the spine. Snelling 1804-1848 was the son of Josiah Snelling commandant of the fort that bears his name at the confluence of the Minnesota and Mississippi Rivers in St. Paul. William lived at Fort Snelling for seven years 1820-27 where he became familiar with the Indians their language and habits. After returning east he wrote many newspaper and magazine articles and several books which drew on his experiences with the Indians and this poem a satirical commentary on the state of American poetry and poets "that rocked the small literary world of Boston for a time. But the onslaughts of his political and literary foes combined with personal misfortunes gradually drove him to dispair and he took refuge in drink. To the great delight of his ill-wishers he spent four months in the House of Correction but he emerged broken rather than in health or in spirit. He continued as an independent journalist and in 1847 became the editor of the Boston Herald which he conducted with great vigor for one year before he died in Chelsea at the age of forty-four burned out. Snelling is best remembered as . the author of Truth which is one of the best verse satires ever written in America" DAB. BAL 18413. <br/><br/> Stephen Foster hardcover books
199830960Boston: Northeastern University Press. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1998. Hardcover. 1555533698 . First printing. Fine in a fine dust jacket. . Northeastern University Press hardcover books
199535141NY: Dial Books. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1995. Hardcover. 0803714688 . Illustrated by the author. First printing. About fine in like dust jacket. . Dial Books hardcover books
200637842Ithaca:: Cornell University Press. Fine. 2006. Paperback. 0801473055 . First paperback printing. Fine in printed wraps. . Cornell University Press, paperback books
19722005575United States Army Corps of Engineers 1972. 1st Printing. Large Softcover. Near Fine. First printing. 1972 Large Softcover. Unpaginated. Oblong. Stapled binding. An account of Tropical Storm Agnes in 1972 with color and black & white photographs throughout. United States Army Corps of Engineers paperback books
199543436Minneapolis: Indian Education Department Minneapolis Public Schools 1995. 4to pp. iii 15 1; illustrations; original grey pictorial wrappers; some wear from handling. <br/><br/> Indian Education Department, Minneapolis Public Schools unknown books
200323030NY: Atlantic Monthly Press. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2003. Hardcover. 0871138743 . Second printing. Fine in a fine dust jacket. . Atlantic Monthly Press hardcover books
191453437Minneapolis: Harrison & Smith 1914. 8vo pp. 2 536; photographic frontispieces for each issue and text illustrations throughout; original blindstamped brown cloth fine. <br/><br/> Harrison & Smith hardcover books
