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199832443Tallahassee Florida: Museum of Fine Arts Florida State University 1998. Softcover. As New. Pictorial wraps. 144 pp. Numerous bw plates. Exhibition held February 13 to March 31 1998; one additional venue. Museum of Fine Arts, Florida State University unknown books
182713398Washington 1827. Broadside. Light tan Very Good. unknown books
18481732630th Cong. 1st Sess.: HR728. 1848. 13 3 blank pp disbound. Small blank margin tear no text loss. Very Good. The Bank had advanced funds to the State of Florida for waging war against the "hostile Indians. HR728. unknown books
1889011511NY: Charles Scribner's Sons 1889. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Very Good. Vol VI No 2. Two interesting articles on lawn tennis and fishing in Florida plus an installment of Stevenson's "Master of Ballantrae" and other articles. Charles Scribner's Sons unknown books
195623527Pensacola Florida: Not Published 1956. 4 pages written in ink in a good legible hand; G.C. Pierzchanowski in Special Services at Corry Field writing friend George Tuthill stationed at NAS Lakehurst NJ; missing his friend he requests more letters; commiserates with Tuthill concerning relationship entanglements and confusions discussed; evidently there has been competition and break-offs among several inter-related people with some violence: ".I'm glad that Shirley finally got sense enough to break off with John. He's no dam good to her going around slapping her and telling her off all the time. John deserves what he's got now "nothing"."; and relating some of his own story ".I'm playing football here on the varsity team for Pensacola and so I haven't had much time to see this girl here in town who I've been going with for quite a while."; and going on to graphically describing a sexual incident; he tells of 'dumping' this woman and pines for another back home; drinking is a large part the friends' activity and he has some 4 incarcerations with the Shore Patrol ".and a fifth time won't hurt any."; looking forward to Christmas visiting and getting drunk together and perhaps re-uniting with a former lover; on lined 8" x 10 1/2" notepaper with the original mailing envelope 3c stamp canceled Pensacola Nov. 5 1956; envelope with opening at side edge torn away; old fold lines to notepaper in very good condition; a small and lively bit of evidence of the life of this U.S. Navy serviceman. Manuscript. Not Bound. Very Good. Not Published Paperback books
50050scsFlorida Telephone Corporation 1952. Octavo stapled brown wrappers 14 pp. Badly chipped inked notes and additions of names and numbers. Includes advertisements. unknown books
193661098bdJacksonville: Florida Works Progress Administration 1936. Intended as a monthly update just eight issues were produced between May and December 1936. This issue is entitled “The Master Builder.†Quarto self-wrappers stapled 20 pp. Photos of projects including streets and roads schools; charts of accident causes and frequency rates. Very Good. Florida Works Progress Administration, 1936. Intended as a monthly update, just eight issues were produced between May and Dece unknown books
18115773London: Wednesday January 16 1811. Front-page article prints the declaration of James Madison that effectively claims the Eastern parishes of Louisiana for the United States in contradiction to the claims of Spain and equally to the claims of the local English-speaking residents to an independent state of West Florida. In 1803 the US and Spain disputed the territory as a population of English-speaking Americans grew in the area. The Americans attacked the Spanish fort at Baton Rouge on 23 September 1810 and declared an independent state. Madison effectively rejects the state's declaration of independence on the grounds that the territory was part of the Louisiana Purchase and is therefore integral to the United States. #4892. Price sixpence-halfpenny. 324 x 488 mm 4 pages four columns per page. Tax stamp ownership stamp of the Paisley Coffee Room Scotland. Folds else fine. Wednesday, January 16, unknown books
18115772London: Tuesday January 15 1811. Fascinating issue of the Courier. Includes pre-graphic advertising for soap remedies books etc. and full-text accounts of speeches in Parliament. Of interest is an exchange of correspondence on the short-lived Republic of West Florida an area made up of the eastern parishes of modern Louisiana including Baton Rouge that declared independence in 1810. In 1803 the US and Spain disputed the territory as a population of English-speaking Americans grew in the area. The Americans attacked the Spanish fort at Baton Rouge on the date of the letter reproduced in this paper 23 September 1810 and declared an independent state. The letter is addressed to Governor of the Mississippi Territory effectively requesting the recognition of the United States. A second letter dated November 15 1810 effectively rejects the state's declaration of independence on the grounds that the territory was part of the Louisiana Purchase and is therefore integral to the United States. #4891. Price sixpence-halfpenny. 324 x 488 mm 4 pages four columns per page. Tax stamp ownership stamp of the Paisley Coffee Room Scotland. Folds else fine. Tuesday, January 15, unknown books
1941249fdSt. Petersburg Florida: Mound Park Hospital School of Nursing 1941. Quarto cream fabricoid unpaginated. Very Good with light foxing age darkened spotting and edgewear; names noted in ink across the bottoms of a number of photographs. Mound Park Hospital School of Nursing, 1941. unknown books
196542232Jacksonville: Florida State Board of Health 1965. Digest. Staple-bound pamphlet; pictorial paper wrappers; pp127-150; illus. Near Fine. Entire issue devoted to documenting the seasonal migrant labor population in Florida and improving public health services on their behalf. Illustrated throughout from photographs halftones. Florida State Board of Health unknown books
2638S.L.: Pennsylvania Railroad; Southern Railroad and Florida Central & Peninsular R.R Ca. 1897. . 4to stiff cream wrappers lacking 2 inch section at front gutter and spine; plus loss at back inner corner; rubberstamp of NYPL on front wrapper and title. Dating is based on the NYPL stamp there was an edition in 1895. The Florida Short Line was a consortium made up by the Pennsylvania Railroad the Southern Railroad and the Florida Central & Peninsular R.R S.L.: Pennsylvania Railroad; Southern Railroad and Florida Central & Peninsular R.R, Ca. 1897. unknown books
193293966NY:: Samuel French. Very Good. 1932. Paperback. This copy is from the personal library of the late Madeleine L'Engle 1963 Newbery Award winner for her now classic young adult fantasy novel A WRINKLE IN TIME and bears her handwritten name and New York City address on the half-title page. First edition thus paperback. Age darkened along the spine moderate edge wear else very good in printed wraps. ; 137 pages . Samuel French, paperback books
200225467Unionville: The Florida Historical Society 2002. Cloth. A near fine copy with penciled inscription to free endpaper in a very good dust jacket with a few closed tears. ix 262 pp. Illus. with b/w photos. 4to. Histories architecture maps. An excellent production. The Florida Historical Society hardcover books
184229240Washington 1842. 27th Cong. 2d Sess. HD206. 27 1 blank pp. Disbound and lightly toned. Three pieces of clear adhesive tape at spine. Else Very Good.<br/><br/> Florida entered the Union in 1845. unknown books
19255323Chicago: Rand McNally & Company 1925. 44pp. Sextodecimo 16.5 cm Brown printed wrappers. Attached to rear inside panel: Color map 65 cm x 47 cm on a single sheet 71 cm x 53 cm that folds into brown printed covers 17 cm x 10 cm. Map has folds as issued. Map is bright and in nice condition. City and town index in the left margin. Nice early twentieth century Florida state map that identifies and locates county lines state lines and steamship routes overprinted in red. List of railroads 44 page booklet lists and locates Florida: Counties creeks islands lakes rivers towns and air service landing fields. Reverse prints a road map for the state. Rand McNally & Company unknown books
18341686223rd Cong. 1st Sess.: HR368. 1834. 41 1 blank pp disbound. Scattered foxing. Very Good. HR368. unknown books
18771701344th Cong. 2d Sess.: HR143. 1877. Parts I and II. 51 35pp disbound edges of first leaf chipped. Good. HR143. unknown books
1842WRCAM51073Washington 1842. 2pp. Dbd. Minor chipping along left edge. Good. A rare report on the construction of a sea wall in St. Augustine Florida. "Favorable report on memorial of mayor and aldermen; the gap behind the sea wall to be filled in to prevent the fevers which had occurred in 1839 and 1841" - Servies. Not in OCLC. SERVIES 2816. unknown books
194513029scsTallahassee: Florida State Centennial Commission 1945. First Edition. Octavo black cloth hardcover gilt letters and decoration to upper cover fold-out map xi 481 pp. Upper hinge starting; otherwise a Fine copy in a Very Good dust jacket with sunned spine and edgewear that includes light chipping. From Preface: Florida Becomes a State consists of selected documents relating to the admission of Florida to the Union an introduction by Dorothy Dodd Archivist in the Florida State Library and a foreword by W. T. Cash State Librarian discussing social life in Florida bout the time it became a state. The documents consitute a casebook in the formation of a state and are therefore not only useful to those interested in Florida history but to students of the science of government as well. The introduction is a more than skillmul interpretations of the documents; it is a splendid illustration of the gradual progress of Florida in surmounting obstacles on the road to statehood. Florida State Centennial Commission, 1945. First Edition. hardcover books
1824WRCAM41349Washington 1824. 84pp. plus folding table. Stitched. Uncut untrimmed some foxing folding table loose. Very good. An investigation into land claims in East Florida by Alexander Hamilton a commissioner of land titles. The report includes correspondence with Spanish agents related to the ownership of land and the precedence set by the Spanish government in the Florida territory. Hamilton was to determine with this correspondence the legitimacy of settler's claims to land in Florida. The table includes information about the settlers the date of their claims and the location and size of the tracts of land. unknown books
61368bdTallahassee Florida: Nathan Mayo n.d. Octavo paperbound black & white illus. white wrappers 87 pp. Very Good with light edgewear. Nathan Mayo, n.d. unknown books
19414925fdTallahassee: Florida State Department of Agriculture n.d. ca. 1941. First Edition. Octavo pictorial wrappers 87 pp. Fold-out map photographs. Very Good. Florida State Department of Agriculture, n.d. [ca. 1941]. First Edition. unknown books
1821158541821. Gales & Seaton 1821. 4pp. Sewn. J.W. Walker was President of the Convention. <br/><br/> The first Alabama was proposed in 1819. The Convention requested that part of West Florida be annexed to Alabama. Shaw and Shoemaker 7370 locating 2 copies. unknown books
182426006Washington: Gales & Seaton 1824. Document 158 18th Congress 1st Session. 84pp faint rubberstamp at upper margin of page 3. Bound in modern cloth with spine title stamped in gilt bookplate on front pastedown. Very Good.<br/><br/> Much material on the derivation and settling of land titles in Florida.<br/>Servies 1204. Gales & Seaton unknown books