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196095430Washington: GPO 1960. Pamphlet. Three volumes vi 1115-1283 vii p. wraps slightly worn minor foxing. Includes index. GPO unknown books
1852036636NY: J.H. Colton 1852. First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Very Good. pp: 351 18 ads for Colton's maps charts and books; large engraved folding map tipped in at front as issued. Blind-stamped purple cloth spine tanned as usual. Upper portion of rear joint wormed; still a clean tight copy of this desirable book. 7.5" x 5" Howes U.S.iana C967. Sabin 18069. Decker 38:95. J.H. Colton unknown books
18462556West Point NY 1846. Cream paper creased. Good. 25.5 x 19 cm. Margaret Stebbins Scammon writes her brother from West Point where her husband E. Parker Scammon is an officer with the United Army Corps of Topographic Engineers. Parker would later command the 23rd Ohio Regiment during the Civil War. <br /> <br />Good Friday Morn. 1846 <br /> <br />My Dearest brother <br /> <br />Parker fully intended to cover this envelope to you but as he was about doing it the Quartermaster must needs send for him to come to the Library for some important briefings: and so he begs me to write for him and apologize to the best of my ability for the non-appearance of your beer. You must have thought him very neglectful and tho' it is rather an awkward task I will tell you the whole truth. If you will have patience to wait till the end of this month it shall then be forthcoming. He expected to order it on the 1st but our cook took it into his head to go back to the city to live and as we had at his own request kept back the quarter part of his wages for 18 months you must know our last month's pay went with a rush and as we are so involved on every side we wont borrow and therefore all parties ourselves included must wait till after another visit from the Paymaster for our good beer. I have thus most frankly stated to you the case and I hope you will excuse it. We remember that we are still considerably in your debt so that it is with great pleasure that P. will attend to your order just so soon as circumstances will permit. I think the value of the empty half barrels returned is $1.50 each and they quite well have them as money. They are returned at any time and credited to sender. <br /> <br />We are looking forward to your visit in June or July with impatience. Do not disappoint us. <br /> <br />Your very aft sister <br /> <br />Margaret <br /> <br /> <br />The letter is addressed to Margaret's brother - Mr. John B. Stebbins Care of Homer Foote & Co. Springfield Mass. We know the merchant her brother worked for Homer Foote had become a very wealthy retailer in Springfield and assume that John B. was successful as well. <br />Letter has some foxing and tears in areas where there is creasing. Red West Point stamp is faint along with the number 5. <br/><br/> unknown books
190810715New York & Boston: H.M. Caldwell Co 1908. First edition 8vo 206-212pp. decorative page borders and woodcut head- and tail-pieces frontispiece of the author and 15 plates all from photographs mostly Native American subjects small library rubberstamp on copyright-page and top edge obscured else a very good copy in original red cloth blocked in gilt green white and black native design t.e.g. some flaking to spine. Handsomely printed at the Colonial Press Boston. <br/><br/> H.M. Caldwell Co hardcover books
20845Broadside 21 x 11 inches printed in four columns with two cartoon illustrations. Horizontal folding creases archival tape repair to one long tear on the back all else very good. If you'd like a peek into the intricacies of North Dakota Republican Party politics leading up to the 1908 election look no further. In brief the conservative wing of the Republican Party known as the "Stalwarts" supported local political boss and Republican National Committeeman Alexander McKenzie whose "McKenzie Machine" had dominated politics in the state for more than a decade. A faction of progressive "insurgents" wanted McKenzie ousted from power. This Pro-McKenzie broadside reports on the recent activities of both factions and provides a table showing the affiliation Stalwart Insurgent or Undecided of delegates elected to attend the upcoming State Republican Convention by county. Despite the seeming domination of Stalwarts McKenzie was forced to retire later in 1908 and by 1910 the insurgents had secured control of all important state offices and both houses of the North Dakota legislature. unknown books
1918004054Chicago: Weber George W. 1918. Number 16 16th year of Weber's publications. One PageFolded to make a 4 page pamphlet. Faint fold Else Fine. Scarce bit of early Chicago ephemera. . First Edition. One PageFolded. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. Weber, George W. Paperback books
189119970Washington D.C.: Department of the Interior 1891. First Edition. Softcover. Very good. 15 pp 7.75 x 10 inches; stapled self-wrappers. Old creases from folding light handling wear; very good. Issued in advance of the full 1890 census report on the Alaska territory "in view of the extraordinary interest now being manifested in everything that relates to this remote and comparatively unknown country" this bulletin provides details on the "four principal sources of wealth" in Alaska: fur fish minerals and timber. The author a Russian-born soldier historian and newspaper editor was director of the 1890 Census for Alaska. Here after discussing the resources prominent in different parts of the territory he bemoans the fact that the land is being stripped of its bounty by outsiders with little care or compensation for the native population and other local residents: "The spectacle of so vast a tract of country being thus drained continually for twenty-three years without receiving anything to speak of in return can not probably be equaled in any other part of the United States and perhaps of the world." The solution he says is increased immigration and settlement by those who wish to develop Alaska's industrial potential but this "would appear to be still in the distant future." Wickersham 8626. Department of the Interior paperback books
197693912Washington: GPO 1976. 14p. illus. 8x10 inches wraps. 1970 census reports #2. GPO unknown books
1972005615New York: Communist Party USA 1972. RARE. Four panel brochure paper evenly browned else Very Good condition 8.5 x 11 inches folded size. Cover photo of women carrying children inner photo across fold of children's bodies in a row. The biggest ever bombing campaign by US B-52 aircraft took place over Christmas 1972 when the US dropped at least 20000 tonnes of explosives on North Vietnam mostly Hanoi. More than 1000 Vietnamese died. First Edition. Newsprint. Very Good. Communist Party USA Paperback books
1950004519Ohio: The Anthony Wayne Parkway Board 1950. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on front cover -" To Dean O.O. Winther with best wishes of Dwight L. Smith". Oscar Winther a noted scholar of Western U.S. history was longtime editor of the Missippi Valley Historical Review and the Journal of American History. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. Reprint. Pamphlet. Fine in Wraps as Issued. The Anthony Wayne Parkway Board Paperback books
19072222245<p>First edition. Octavo. Color frontispiece and numerous marginal vignettes and full page b/w illustrations by Charles Copeland. Original gilt stamped light blue cloth t.e.g. No dust jacket. Very good. 172 pages.</p><p>Skull and owl bookplate of Oswald Lewis.</p> Ginn & Company / The Athenaeum Press hardcover books
199857724St. Paul Minn: Minnesota Outdoors Press 1998. First edition limited to 226 copies this no. 185 of 200 in the regular edition signed by the author and illustrator; tall 8vo pp. 8 72 1; 8 color wood engravings 2 double-page by Gaylord Schanilec fold-out map; fine in brown cloth decorated in gilt leather spine label slipcase with pictorial label. A stunning production describing and illustrating River Warren Falls Bridal Veil Falls Hidden Falls Ivy Falls Lilydale Ice Falls Minnehaha Falls Shadow Falls and St. Anthony Falls. Quarter to Midnight A.179.b. <br/><br/> Minnesota Outdoors Press hardcover books
189120634Tacoma: F.T. Houghton 1891. First Edition. Softcover. Good. 14 pp 1 membership application. Original printed wrappers are chipped and detached; text is clean. Explains the need for a state historical society as "Washington was thirty-six years a territory and now nearly two years a State; having thus reached a period when its early pioneers and its traditions will soon pass away and remain unrecorded unless they and other matters illustrative of the State's early history.are preserved beforer the actors are gone." The organization's founding President was Elwood Evans and Vice- President tas Edward Eldridge. The initial by-laws established five standing committees: Ways and Means Publications Library Memorials and Building. Annual dues were two dollars. Smith 4315. OCLC records only one copy in Washington at the state library. F.T. Houghton paperback books
1937TB31018Washington DC: U. S. Government Printing Office 1937. First Edition. Near fine in heavy black cloth covered boards with faded gilt text on the spine and with illustrated map end sheets. A thick small quarto measuring 9" by 6" with two narrow scratches to the front board. Without its issued dust jacket. 1141 pages including an index bibliography chronology text and illustrated with maps and images from black and white photographs throughout. With both of the two multi-colored maps in the rear pocket both of which are in near fine condition. This was the second volume published in the American Guide Series and despite its first printing of 5000 copies collectible copies with the maps are rather uncommon. U. S. Government Printing Office hardcover books
1937TB30774Washington DC: U. S. Government Printing Office 1937. First Edition. Near fine in heavy black cloth covered boards with faded gilt text on the spine and with illustrated map end sheets. A thick small quarto measuring 9" by 6" with minor soiling to the boards. Without its issued dust jacket. Signed on the fly title pages with: "Compliments of Ben Ford 1937". 1141 pages including an index bibliography chronology text and illustrated with maps and images from black and white photographs throughout. With both of the two multi-colored maps in the rear pocket both of which are in near fine condition. This was the second volume published in the American Guide Series and despite its first printing of 5000 copies collectible copies with the maps are rather uncommon. U. S. Government Printing Office hardcover books
1937TB27208Washington DC: U. S. Government Printing Office 1937. First Edition. Very good in heavy black cloth covered boards with faded gilt text stamping on the spine and illustrated map end sheets. A thick small quarto measuring 9" by 6" with minor soiling and rubbing to the boards. Without its issued dust jacket. This was the second volume published in the American Guide Series and is quite scarce. 1141 pages including an index bibliography chronology text and illustrated with maps and black and white photographs throughout. With both of the two multi-colored maps in the rear pocket both of which are in fine condition. U. S. Government Printing Office hardcover books
1957007839New Yo K: E. P. Dutton 1957. SIGNED BY BOTH AUTHOR Gladys A. Ericson and Warden Joseph Ragen and with collectible dust jacket SCARCE THUS. Near Fine prior owner name in pencil bit of shelf rubbing rear end page bottom corner creases. In a Very Good dust jacket light edge wear. . SIGNED BY AUTHORS. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. E. P. Dutton Hardcover books
200324113NY: Seven Stories Press. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2003. Hardcover. 1583226214 . First printing. Fine in a fine dust jacket. . Seven Stories Press hardcover books
200150841NY: Scribner 2001. First edition first prnt. Signed by Halberstam on the title page. Spine topedge wrinkled; otherwise an unread copy in Fine condition in a Fine dustjacket witrh an archival cover. Signed by Author. First Thus. Hardcovers. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Scribner Hardcover books
1945278867Norfolk VA: Naval Supply Depot 1945. Uncommon and substantial volume documenting the important role Virginia's Naval Supply Depot in Norfolk played in providing for our troops in the World War II. Illustrated throughout with black and white photographs with text. A copy the "Suppy Chest" -- that Depot's newspaper is laid in. We locate 4 copies of this history on OCLC. 187 pp. Naval Supply Depot unknown books
19081652Washington DC: Government Printing Office 1908. Hardcover. Good. 286 pp 4 folding detailed financial statements 1 folding map with index in library binding red pebbled cloth. Ex-library with bookplate from Dayton Museum of Natural History front hinge cracked. This volume covers issues pertaining to Armament Transporation and Supply and includes reports from the Quartermaster-General Commissary-General Surgeon-General Paymaster-General Chief of Signal Officer and Board of Ordinance and Fortification. The folding map shows the U.S. Signal Corps telegrpah and Cable System in Alaska and U.S. Cables and Canadian Line Connecting with the United States. Government Printing Office hardcover books
1917007325St Paul MN: The St. Paul Daily News 1917. RARE. One of the best banner headlines of the First World War the headline an impressive 12" high.The front page only mounted in an old frame under glass 23" x 29" overall paper size 16" x 22" Very Good small hole in paper at center crease original folds original recipient's name and address in ink vertcally between R and ! frame rubbed newspaper uniformly browned. Subhead article "ARMED U.S. STEAMER IS SUNK". An excellent ephemeral piece of American and world history. This framed item will require extra shipping charges- please inquire before ordering. . First Printing. Newsprint. Very Good. The St. Paul Daily News Paperback books
196248545Denver: Alan Swallow 1962. First edition 8vo pp. 728; near fine in a very lightly soiled & darkened dust jacket. Mulder and Timmerman A13. Manfred used Beethoven's Third Symphony as his model for this work. <br/><br/> Alan Swallow unknown books
184920650Philadelphia: Carey and Hart 1849. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. pp. x 13-386 in publisher's blind-stamped brown cloth. Losses to spine ends corners rubbed through slightly shaken but still a better than average copy of this title which is often found in poor condition. Hill 1910: The ships made port in Rio de Janierio Valparaiso Callao Paita the Marquesas Honolulu Monterey Mazatlan Manzanillo Acapulco and Gayamas. Extensive visits were made in Rio Lima California the Gulf of California and Mexico. Woods was traveling in central Mexico when the Mexican War began and he escaped via Vera Cruz. The intelligence gathered by Wood in Mexico was instrumental to the U.S. seizure of California by Commodore Sloat in that war. Carey and Hart hardcover books
1929127738Washington: GPO 1929. 44p. worn wraps tables Japanese rubberstamp on front cover. US. Dept. of Labor. Bureau of Labor Statistics bulletin no. 484. Wages and hours of labor series. GPO unknown books
