The workers' story 1913-1953
1953112618Washington: GPO 1953. viii 143p. wraps a bit worn illus. GPO unknown books
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1825009908Np: Published for Methodist Episcopal Church printer not identified 1825. First Editions. Half Leather. Good. Six monthly issues July 1825 to December 1825 Volume 3 Numbers 7 - 12 pp 217 - 428 429-432 contents issued by the Methodist Episcopal Church bound in one volume 12mo half-leather over marbelized paper-covered boards. Worn but firmlly bound with scattered foxing. Contemporary bookplate of the Sunday School Library of the Methodist Episcopal Church with very specfic instructions to borrowers about how to read and care for books in their loaned possession. Published for Methodist Episcopal Church (printer not identified) unknown books
1953112618Washington: GPO 1953. viii 143p. wraps a bit worn illus. GPO unknown books
199652086Minneapolis 1996. Christmas / New Year's card from Pentagram 16mo pp. 8; wood engraving by John DePol; fine. "With this selection from Walden Merce Dostale and Michael Tarachow wish you a spirited and timeless 1993." <br/><br/> unknown books
19062222259<p>First edition first printing December 1906. Octavo. Illustrated by Carl Eytel with 337 pen and ink sketches from nature; 33 full page halftone photographs; maps one folding and plans. Original light blue cloth over grey stamped in gilt t.e.g. Dust jacket few chips; few nicks; few creases. Very good. 270 pages and 271 pages 2 page publisher's ads. 2 volumes.</p><p>Printed by The Griffith-Stillings Press Boston.</p><p>E. I. Edwards "Desert Voices" page 88-89. "The Classic and definitive account of the Colorado Desert." "Desert Harvest" pages 77-78. "The Enduring Desert" pages 130-131.</p> Little, Brown, and Company hardcover books
19132222280<p>First edition. Octavo. Original grey boards. Four pages of b/w halftones. Two page introduction by Ambrose Bierce. Dust jacket a few chips and foxing. Forty four page essay by George Wharton James. Very good. 310 pages. Uncommon thus.</p><p><strong>Signed by author on half title page.</strong></p><p><strong>BAL 1130.</strong></p> George Wharton James hardcover books
191320899Pasadena CA: George Wharton James 1913. Hardcover. Good. 310 pp with illustrations from photographs. Blue cloth boards no dust jacket. Staining near the gutter on the first 6 leaves otherwise clean tightly bound. "Josephine Clifford McCracken or McCrackin 1839 - 1921 was a California writer and journalist a contemporary of Bret Harte John Muir Ina Coolbrith and Joaquin Miller and an environmentalist. McCracken wrote articles for Harper Brothers and for the newspapers Out West and Western Field while traveling though New Mexico and lower California and once in San Francisco turned full-time to her love for writing and literary pursuits" wiki. George Wharton James hardcover books
200050194Duluth: Holy Cow! Press 2000. First edition 8vo pp. 75 1; fine in original pictorial wrappers. Signed on the title page by Jenkins and additionally inscribed "For John fellow-maker Louis." <br/><br/> Holy Cow! Press unknown books
21273Girard KS: Haldeman-Julius Publications. Softcover. Very good. Digest 18. Title page undated copyright 1944. 23 pp in white printed wrappers. Pages toned light surface wear to wrappers. Vance Randolph 1890-1982 was best known for his studies of the folklore of the Ozarks but--somewhat ironically-- this pamphelt is dedicating to conveying the aspects of Davy Crockett's story did not belong to the realm of folklore. Most of the content is drawn from Crockett's autobiography with material on the last four months of his life taken from the 1836 book Randolph refers to as "Colonel Crockett's Texas Adventures" actually called "Col. Crockett's Exploits and Adventures in Texas" which he suggests was written by a journalist with first-hand knowledge of the facts. Haldeman-Julius Publications unknown books
19661300Los Angeles: The Los Angeles Westerners 1966. Hardcover. Very Good. 211 pp with illustrations index. Light spotting to top edge very light wear to edges; contents clean and sound. No dust jacket. One of an edition of 500. Includes contributions from Clifford M. Drury "California's Gold Rush Churches" E.I.Edwards "Death Valley's Neglected Hero" LeRoy Hafen "Mountain Men as Explorers" and others. The Los Angeles Westerners hardcover books
185419316New York: J.H. Colton & Co 1854. 16mo pp. 89 23 4; large folding hand-colored map of the region approx. 21" x 26"; one short split at one fold otherwise the map is generally in fine condition; original red cloth gilt stamped on upper cover extremities rubbed and the binding slightly stained front free flyleaf excised old pencil notes on rear flyleaf in German; pretty good copy. Howes S615. <br/><br/> J.H. Colton & Co hardcover books
194815861San Marino CA: Huntington Library 1948. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/very good. xx 141 pp indexed. A fine copy in original red cloth. Dust jacket has mild wear to the top edge and a small nick in the front panel. Toulmin was a Unitarian minister who left England after facing harassment for his outspoken political and religious views. He met Thomas Jefferson and James Madison soon after arriving in the United States and with their help was appointed President of Transylvania University in Lexington. He resigned in 1796 to become Secretary of State of Kentucky and in 1804 Jefferson appointed him to a judgeship in the superior court of the Washington District of the Mississippi Territory. His reports on Virginia and Kentucky were written in 1793 and 1794 at the request of his Lancashire parishioners who wished to have a first hand account of various parts of America. They are factural and detailed covering every aspect of life in the new west. Huntington Library hardcover books
19502234Garden City NY: Doubleday & Company 1950. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/Very Good. 309 pp with index illustrated endpapers. Light wear to edges contents clean and sound. Dust jacket has a chip missing from head of spine and some rubbing. "The dramatic story of Southern California's search for water to fuel her cities' growth." Explores issues of the diversion of rivers contruction of dams and aqueducts population growth and political strife. Doubleday & Company hardcover books
2007120736NY: Knopf 2007. First edition first prnt. Signed by Ward and Burns on the dedication page. Introduction by Burns. Illustrated. Unread copy in Fine condition in a Fine dustjacket with an archival cover. Companion book to the Ken Burns & Lynn Novick PBS series of the same title. Uncommon signed by both Ward & Burns. Signed by Authors. First Edition. Hardcovers. Fine/Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Knopf Hardcover books
1922005239Indianapolis IN: Indiana Historical Commission 1922. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on front end page - "To my friend John L. Stuart. Walter S. Greenough November 29 1922" . Very Good gilt spine titles rubbed barely readable. SCARCE< especially so Signed. Indiana Historical Collections Indiana World War Records Volume II . SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo. Indiana Historical Commission Hardcover books
20961Visiting Nurse Association. Very good. Undated c. 1920s trade/advertising card for the Visting Nurse Association of New Britain Connecticut. 3.5 x 6 inches. Light soiling and edgewear about very good. Text on one side describes what visiting nurses do including offering in-home care to the sick advising expectant mothers "on matters of hygeine" teaching general health information and holding "Well Baby Conferences" where babies are weighted and mothers advised as to their proper care. On the other side is a list of rates but also a noted that "where patients cannot afford to pay stated prices less amounts are acceptable and free care when necessary." Visiting nurse associations were formed in many cities in the northeastern United States in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. Most offered instruction on hygiene general health care maternity and childcare to poor women especially recent immigrants. unknown books
1949002439Indianapolis IN: Indiana Historical Society 1949. Fine tiny sticker shadow front wrapper. Map inserted in pocket inside rear wrapper. . First Edition. Printed Wrappers. Fine/No Jacket As Issued. Indiana Historical Society Paperback books
1938006720Indianapolis Indiana: Indiana Historical Society 1938. Near Fine faint crease rear wrapper. . First Edition. Printed Wrappers. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Indiana Historical Society Paperback books
192019778Camden NJ: Victor Talking Machine Company 1920. This promotional booklet for the Victor Talking Machine Company argues for the use of music to help recent immigrants assimilate into American society. The author was hired in 1911 to head Victor's new educational department which aimed to develop music appreciation among the American public generally. Here she asserts that "a great movement is now sweeping the country to bring securely into the fold of American citizenry our adopted brothers from other lands -- to make firm and lasting ties that bind them to their new homeland." Traditional American music can forge those bonds for "nothing is more unifying and democratic than the group singing of old familiar and patriotic songs." The book delves into the history of American popular music and dance and includes suggested songs. Victor record numbers are conveniently provided next to each reference so the newly appreciative public may listen for themselves. 5 x 7.25 inches 38 pp with halftone photographic illustrations. Soiling and some loss to front wrapper one signature loose from staples; good. 4 copies located in OCLC. This promotional booklet for the Victor Talking Machine Company argues for the use of music to help recent immigrants assimilate into American society. The author was hired in 1911 to head Victor's new educational department which aimed to develop music appreciation among the American public generally. Here she asserts that "a great movement is now sweeping the country to bring securely into the fold of American citizenry our adopted brothers from other lands -- to make firm and lasting ties that bind them to their new homeland." Traditional American music can forge those bonds for "nothing is more unifying and democratic than the group singing of old familiar and patriotic songs." The book delves into the history of American popular music and dance and includes suggested songs. Victor record numbers are conveniently provided next to each reference so the newly appreciative public may listen for themselves. Victor Talking Machine Company unknown books
1889007035Madison WI: Brant & Fuller 1889. "With Historical Account of Allen County and the City of Fort Wayne Indiana. The Story of Its Progress from Savagery to Civilization." Illustrated. All edges gilt. A Very Good set Vol. 1 leather rubbed at spine ends and corners Vol.2 light rubbing to leather at tips. Contents clean tight and unmarked a bit of scattered foxing. . First Edition. Half Leather. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Brant & Fuller Hardcover books
196720960St. Paul: Minnesota Historical Society 1967. First edition in English limited to 2000 copies this no. 883; 8vo pp. xix 1 423 2; 79 color plates after those in the original German edition of 1854-57 plus a few other illustrations in the text; a fine copy in a fine unclipped dust jacket. "The book is the work of Henry Lewis an American artist then living in Germany; originally written in English Lewis' text was translated into German by one George B. Douglas. The first 72-pp. of an English edition are known but only discovered in 1951. The present volume reproduces that English fragment but the bulk of it is a retranslation from the German version." See Howes L-312 for an explanation of the original English edition which "was apparently abandoned after the third installment." <br/><br/> Minnesota Historical Society unknown books
1985006500Chelsea VT: Chelsea Green Publishing Company 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/VG. Nice clean copy no names inscriptions or bookplates in sl worn clipped dw. Chelsea Green Publishing Company hardcover books
195014643Bakersfield CA: Kern County Historical Society and the County of Kern 1950. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/very good. 84 pp with bibliography illustrations maps of Spanish explorations and Mexican Land Grants. One small stain on front board else a fine copy in a clean dust jacket with some mild creasing and one short 1/4 inch tear. Originally a master's thesis. Chapters on early exploration Mexican grants San Emigdio Rancho El Tejon Ranchos Fort Tejon. Kern County Historical Society and the County of Kern hardcover books
1928003318Lincoln Nebraska: Mississippi Valley Historical Review 1928. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR "To Dean Oscar O. Winther colleague and friend Thomas P. Martin June 3 1952". Oscar Winther was the long-time editor of the Mississippi Valley Historical Review and the Journal of American History. A nice Association Copy. Near Fine light soiling to wrappers. 16 pages paginated 204-220. . SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. Reprint. Printed Wrappers. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. Mississippi Valley Historical Review Paperback books
190042579n.p. n.d. Minneapolis: privately printed 1900. Square 8vo pp. 38; frontispiece portrait of Pillsbury and another plate of the statue in situ which was conceived and sculpted by Daniel Chester French; original full limp reversed calf lettered in gilt on the upper cover; top corner of front cover chipped else near fine throughout. Presentation copy inscribed by Pillsbury to his son-in-law Edward Chenery Gale. The text includes addresses by Cyrus Northrup President of the University an oration by the Hon. Cushman K. Davis and Pillsbury himself among others. <br/><br/> privately printed unknown books
251312Charlottesville: Office of Univeristy Development. Soft Cover. Very Good binding. Very Good binding. Office of Univeristy Development unknown books
