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0260981435.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
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190460900St. Louis MO: N.D. Thompson Publishing Co. 1904. Oblong folio. 13.75 x 11.25 in. 2 302 2 pp. Colour frontisp. over 300 photo plates. Burgundy-coloured cloth over beveled boards black lettering on front cover ruled embossed in blind on front cover minor rubbing edgewear expertly recased a few minor paper repairs gutter margin repair still VG bright copy from the library of Prof. Marvin Nathan. First “Library edition†of this photographic guidebook to the St. Louis Worlds Fair Louisiana Purchase Exposition offering a comprehensive illustrated tour to the famed event. Exterior views the Midway the Ferris Wheel interiors of all the exhibits sporting events and more. The Louisiana Purchase Exposition spread over 1200 acres and incorporated education into all aspects of the exhibitors including blacksmiths at work Native Americans living in their villages transplanted Philippine Moro natives elephant trainers lion tamers and more. Visitors to The Pike -- the mile long midway -- could scale the Tyrolean Alps visit Blarney Castle a Parisian fashion show dive under the sea or ride a burro to Cliff Dwellings. The 1904 St. Louis Fair also featured the first Airship races contest which offered a prize if the competing airships could complete the course three times at a speed of 15 m.p.h. A photo of Hippolyte Francis’s airship Ville de St. Mande depicts the airship in flight with a 100 foot long gasbag and 35 feet in diameter. Workmen had to dig a trench to get the ship out of the aerodrome and it later crashed into the concourse fence and did not fly again. N.D. Thompson Publishing Co., hardcover
190460954St. Louis MO: Alfred W. Martin 1904. One small broadside sheet on blue-tinted laid-paper watermark visible blue lettering & border fold crease at center NF copy. First edition of this exceptionally scarce promotion for Martin’s audio-visual presentation at the 1904 St. Louis World’s Fair with the lecture touching on the fundamental aims of the three great Fairs in Chicago Paris and then St. Louis followed by discussion of the architecture transportation and more. He also details the living zoo exhibit of the Philippine village as well as the pageantry of the Boer War exhibit performances and the Tyrolean Alps. Martin 1862-1932 was a Unitarian minister and author of several works on religion and also frequently wrote on comparative religions. No copies in Worldcat. Alfred W. Martin, unknown
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19116289Crowley La: Rice Association of America; Signal Print. Co 1911. Stapled booklet 14.5 x 9 cm. 20 pages. Illustrated wrapper. Date of publication from external sources. Evident FIRST EDITION. A promotional recipe booklet encouraging the use of rice. An earlier publication titled Creole Mammy Rice Recipes was published by the Rice Association circa 1909. That work is known in a single copy at Kansas State. The dating of the two booklets is possible by comparing the tenures of various officers of the Rice Association. Creole Mammy Rice Recipes was published while Henri Gueydan was President while this booklet was issued after George Hathaway of Jennings L. ascended to the post. ~ Recipes include Rice Waffles Rice Fritters Rice Gumbo Soup Red Beans & Rice a famous Creole combination Rice Croquettes Rice Jambalaya a Daube with Rice and Rice Custard. Cooking hints recommend the use of garlic and the preference for lard over butter. “The Rice Association Crowley La. has issued a little booklet of rice recipes “Creole Mammy Rice Recipes.†In this book are given many ways of preparing rice as a hearty food instead of in desserts. Southerners use rice as Northerners use bread. Rice is served three times a day on Southern tables. Creole recipes are given for it is generally understood that the old “mammies†could turn out a dish of rice in such a delicate state of perfection that no French chef could approach them. In most ways these rice dishes could be used by vegetarians leaving out the meat additions and substituting oil or butter for the lard which is so much used in the South. The price of this booklet is two cents. Send for it and learn about rice.†The Vegetarian Magazine volume 13 page 46. The booklet weighs in on the nutritional value of rice at several points perhaps most notable in a section on the “Effect of Rice on Japanese.†Illustrated wrapper depicting a young girl nestled amongst rice branches and “on top of the worldâ€. A bit of light rubbing to wrappers; small adhesion mark to top of rear wrapper panel. Very good. Unrecorded. OCLC locates no copies; not in Brown or Uhler. Rice Association of America; Signal Print. Co unknown
Pages 90-176 plus 16 pages of ads. Features: The Slacker - a young Californian deserts the Army and his lady to flee to Mexico where great misery follows, but he eventually atones; The Mysterious Witch Doctors of Siberia - disguised as a Russian peasant, the author penetrated into little-known Siberia to investigate the uncanny doings of the native Shamans - article with photos; My Island of Dreams - Part II - the adventures of Amateur Robinson Crusoe, J.W. Frings (with photos); Through Central America on Horseback - Part V - riding through Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Salvador, and Guatemala - story with photos of earthquake damage in Guatemala City; Mountain Mysteries - the strange story of Mr. Crump who was lost for 18 days in the Lakeland crags, plus other cases of mysterious disappearances; Cheating Death - John Edwin Hogg recounts his most harrowing experience; A Bear-Hunt in Lousiana - interesting and successful hunt in the Louisiana Marsh - with photos; My Burglar - a Singapore encounter with a Chinese burglar, stripped naked and greased from head to foot, with fish-hooks in his pigtail and a double-edged sword between his teeth; The Rajah's Lift - the tragic story of a home-made hydraulic lift; The New Moon - information in a diary saves the lives of two men; A Man's Luck - Part III of Hjalmar Hutzebeck's story of life and love in the Far North; Photo and brief write-up of the world's most northerly police post; Photo of the smallest business house in the world in Duncan, Oklahoma; 'House of Gold' built by a wealthy miner in the California's Mojave Desert; and more. Somewhat above-average wear. Back cover almost loose. Unmarked. Binding intact. A worthy copy of this great vintage issue. Book
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30112Paper self-wraps. 8vo.; 4pp. Regarding the question of whether the owner of the steam-tug "New Minnie" violated the law requiring that only regularly licensed pilots be allowed to navigate steam vessels on navigable water of the United States. Perforated library stamp on front page printed library stamp on verso. Text toned; some closed tears to margins. <br/><br/> paperback books
1984Q-0916137007Louisiana State Museum 1984-01-01. Paperback. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Louisiana State Museum paperback
1890291621890. 1st ed. viii2282 pp. Map. Orig. cloth. Rebacked original spine laid down original endpapers retained. Tine hole in front free endpaper else very good<br/> <br/>"A fairly reliable narrative of the war in Mississippi and Louisiana although it was written without benefit of wartime letters or diary" Nevins I p.99. "This narrative merits consideration for both reliability and travel comments written twenty years after the war without benefit of a diary or other material it contains few improbable personal details and most observations appear to be accurate.The travels described here were not extensive being entirely in Mississippi and Louisiana except for one or two trips to Richmond" Coulter 208.<br/> <br/>Howes H-92 "aa." Dornbusch II 469. unknown books
190519444Philadelphia: Pennsylvania Commission 1905. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. red buckram with gilt seal of Pennsylvania front cover. Teg. Very Good. 364 pages. 25 x 17 cm. Description of buildings art mines agriculture and transportation; black and white illustrations and catalogue of awards. Bookplate uncut spine slightly sunned crisp clean copy. Pennsylvania Commission hardcover books