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1941032526Oxford University Press: 1941. First published in 1940 this book is the second printing from Nov. 1941561 pages illustrated with the folded map in the back pocket. "The Maryland Guide is one of the splendid series of books prepared by the Federal Writer's Project." FINE- HARDCOVER GOOD DUST JACKET. Dust jacket protected with a clear plastic acid-free jacket. Hard Cover. Fine-/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Oxford University Press: Hardcover
1876031825NY: The Echo Press: 1876. 121 pages illustrated in b&w. "The purpose of this work is to make the people acquainted with the superb creations of Nature that distinguish our country above all others." Yellowstone Hudson River Natural Bridge Virginia Trenton Falls NY Squam Like NH White Mountains NH Lake George NY Mammoth Cave KY Minot's Ledge lighthouse Niagara Falls Mississippi River East River Saratoga Springs and more. VERY GOOD HARDCOVER dak green cloth covers. . Hard Cover. Very Good/Not Issued with a Dust Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. The Echo Press: Hardcover
1972BB1064Chicago: Caxton Club 1972. Limited Edition. Hardcover. As New. Tall slim 8vo: 4126pp including full-page reproductions from photographs plus the Bewick wood-block print. Decorated gold-and-tan paper-backed boards black linen spine printed paper label medium-brown laid end papers. Pristine. One of five variant bindings collect them all! deposited in the Newberry Library. Limited to 500 unnumbered copies designed by Greer Allen composed in Monotype Bell letterpress printed at Press of A. Colish Mount Vernon NY; binding by Publishers Book Binding Long Island City NY; text on Curtis Rag of the Curtis Paper Co. of Newark Delaware; paper by the John A. Manning Co. of Troy NY; decorated cover papers by Birgitte Cramer of Copenhagen Denmark; end papers are Miliani Ingres from Fabriano Italy. N. B. With few exceptions always identified we only stock books in exceptional condition carefully preserved in archival removable mylar sleeves. All orders are packaged with care and posted promptly. Satisfaction guaranteed. Fine Editions Ltd is a member of the Independent Online Booksellers Association and we subscribe to its codes of ethics. Caxton Club hardcover
1967029020Arlington House: 1967. 450 pages. "This is the definitive account of the Draft Goldwater movement- the handful of GOP conservatives who engineered the first Presidential draft in American history. They baffled the press bewildered the pros battered the opposition and won the nomination for Barry Goldwater by the largest margin ever recorded in a contested convention." FINE HARDCOVER VERY GOOD DUST JACKET dust jacket protected with a clear plastic acid-free jacket. Scarce. . Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Arlington House: Hardcover
1874019486Boston: White Smith and Company 1874. Wraps. Good. Folio. Appears to have been disbound from a larger work. Sheet music to a song sung by Charles B. Hicks and his troupe the Georgia Minstrels. Hicks was an African-American performer and minstrel troupe manager and publicist being one of the few to be successful in the white dominated genre. Top of the cover dedicates this "To Charles B. Hicks." The cover itself is a lithograph by John H. Bufford drawing on stereotypes and idealizations of what the white US public imagined Black life to be like using imagery to portray an older Black gentleman theoretically reflecting wistfully back on life in slavery. GOOD condition. Spine edge rough from extraction. Minor soiling and toning with a few small stains. White, Smith and Company unknown
1900003947Biddeford ME: The Riverside Press 1900. Original Wraps. Fair. 40pp. With a few black and white photos and several illustrations throughout. A brief history and overview of Biddeford Maine providing information on local businesses economic opportunities and notable citizens. FAIR condition with moderate soiling and some spotting and staining to the covers. Staples rusted. Minor creasing and bumping along the extremities. Wraps splitting along the binding although still holding. Moderate browning to the pages. Minor scattered soiling. Page 7/8 TORN with most of it MISSING. The Riverside Press unknown
39747London: Printed for J. Roberts 1744. First edition 8vo 4 iv 30pp. with half-title short tear on inner blank margin nineteenth century half calf head of spine chipped. Sometimes attributed to C. A. Heath. The variant with the 'Price six-pence' on the half-title. Sabin 15940; Kress 4708; Goldsmith 8071; Hanson 5819. London: Printed for J. Roberts, 1744 unknown
181055475Madrid La Imprenta Real 1810. Small 4to. Clothbacked marbled boards. Uncut. VIII455 pp. Internally clean and fine. <br/><br/><em>First edition. - Sabin 19678. </em> hardcover
184956698Madrid La Imprenta Nacional 1849. Small 4to. Contemp. hcalf. Richly gilt spine. Gilt lettering. Stamp on title-page. 4421 pp. 1 folded table. Internally clean and fine. <br/><br/><em>This edition not in Sabin. Sabin 19679 for other editions. </em> unknown
021204No Place: No publisher. Unbound. Good. Single sheet of paper roughly 5 ½ by 3 ½ inches. A piece of paper bearing the signature of Daniel Webster at the upper right with the name of George Wadleigh Esquire below. Dover NH written below that. No provenance given with this although it was originally from Dover and George Wadleigh was a somewhat notable name in the 19th century history of the town. We have not independently verified the signature of Daniel Webster but it does match known examples of his signature that we have seen. GOOD condition. Some wrinkling and creasing to the paper with minor toning and soiling. Edges a bit uneven presumably from being cut at some point. No publisher unknown
1848004771Washington: J. & G.S. Gideon Printers 1848. Original Wraps. Good. Printed wraps. 26 pp. Pertaining to the Dorr Rebellion of 1841 and 1842 in which disenfranchised voters in Rhode Island established a new constitution granting broader voting rights in contrast to the original Rhode Island charter. In Luther v. Borden it was argued that Borden had no authority to search the home of Luther a Dorr supporter as the Rhode Island charter was unconstitutional and thus did not grant Borden legitimate rights. In GOOD condition. Vertical crease present to the pamphlet with moderate uneven darkening minor soiling and a faint ownership signature in pencil at the upper front cover. Some creasing to the wraps with light scuffing and creasing along the extremities. Interior clean and solid. J. & G.S. Gideon, Printers unknown
020344Philadelphia: John E. Potter and Company. Cloth. Good. no date perhaps 1870s 1880s. While an 1851 date is given on the copyright page that is from the original printing of this. Based on the address it is prior to 1888. Illustrated cloth. 448 pp. Black and white illustrations throughout. A somewhat fictionalized somewhat historically accurate account of life at the border of what was the United States prior to 1850 recalling anecdotes of Tecumseh Simon Kenton Moses Hewitt Daniel Boone the massacre a Big Bottom the massacre of the Moravian Indians etc. GOOD condition. Minor fading and toning to the covers mostly the spine. Cloth a bit frayed and scuffed along the extremities and hinges. Minor scuffing. Interior hinges cracked but holding. Old tape stains on the endpapers. Gift inscription present. Text block toned. John E. Potter and Company unknown
1905005412Washington: No Publisher 1905. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 35 pp with 2 small maps. Apparently rebound in brown buckram with what appears to be the original wrap pasted down and laminated to the front cover. With new endpapers. A printing of a lecture read at a meeting of the Loyal Legion on March 1 1905. Thomas McCurdy Vincent was a brevet brigadier general in the US Army serving as an assistant adjutant general for McDowell at the Battle of Bull Run. This work offers a brief but detailed account of that battle drawing on other sources government records and quotes as well as the author's experiences. GOOD condition lacking any original wraps covers and endpapers. Rebound. Minor fading and edgewear to the covers with the remains of a white sticker at the upper left corner. Minor to moderate uneven browning to the paper in the interior. A small chip missing from the lower fore edge of the title page. A few minor tears at the extremities of a few pages. No Publisher unknown
019706No Place: No publisher. Wraps. Good. Perhaps the Philippines circa 1946. Charcoal wraps. Unpaginated but perhaps over 100 pages long. Black and white photos and illustrations throughout. A yearbook style work presenting all members of the 1542nd Engineering Survey Co. including photos names places of residence and a humorous quote. A few entries without photos. Also included is a short history of the company including its deployments accompanied by photos of New Guinea and the Philippines. GOOD condition. General toning to the wrappers with minor soiling. Extremities and hinges rather scuffed. Light toning in the interior. No publisher unknown
1880015144New York: Chic Publishing Company 1880. Wraps. Poor. Color illustrated wraps. Folio. 16 pp. including covers. Black and white photos throughout with a color centerfold. An issue of this short lived American humor/satire journal. Mott in his History of American Magazines states "An ambitious New York weekly was Chic 1880-81." Volume III p. 267. Mott attributes most of the illustrations to Charles Kendrick. This number focusing on New Year celebrations and politics skewering apparent alcohol consumption by the President and the White House. With other political and social satire comics and drawings. Front cover depicts an Uncle Sam talking to Father Time and Baby New Year saying "Say Old Man don't waste your time calling. Nothing here but Ice Water." Rear cover with derogatory/racist imagery depicting New Year's celebrations in various parts of the world. POOR condition. Whole piece very fragile with many pages DETACHED from one another although present. Heavy chipping tearing and loss along the extremities. Some soiling minor staining and general toning. VERY WORN as is. Chic Publishing Company unknown
1872015600No Place: No publisher 1872. Pamphlet. Good. No publisher place or date. Presumed Government Printing Office Washington: 1872. Pamphlet disbound from a larger work. 180 pp. A lengthy compilation of claims of Texas against the United States primarily for "reimbursement of expenditures alleged to have been made for the payment and support of volunteers or rangers prior to the rebellion. Focusing mostly on the troops used to suppress Native American hostilities along the frontiers of Texas. Drawn from public documents as well as previously unprinted and unpublished manuscript pages. The piece contains testimony from a variety of soldiers of varying ranks describing their duties as well as giving some detail to the various raids and battles conducted against the Comanche and others. The killing of Comanche Chief Iron Jacket is referenced in one account. Names of some of the soldiers in various companies are also printed. GOOD condition. Remains of binding along the spine. Some toning to the paper. Paper slightly brittle. No publisher unknown
1836022178Dover NH: J.T. Gibbs Publisher 1836. Quarter Leather. Poor. Folio. Quarter leather with marbled boards. Large folio. Bound volume of the Dover New Hampshire newspaper the Dover Gazette and Strafford Advertiser comprising of every weekly issue spanning from December 1 1835 to November 22 1836. Of particular note are many articles recounting events of the Battle of the Alamo in Texas. The first account appears in an early April issue of the paper reporting on what a New Orleans newspaper reported. After this short account longer articles appear documenting more of the battle the events and other news from fighting in Texas. These appear sporadically throughout the rest of the volume. For example the May 3 issue reports news from the Texas Telegraph which prints the names of those dead in the attack mentioning David Crockett James Bowie and many others. Many other articles on battles in the Texas Revolution also appear throughout as well as other news relating to it. Other news in the paper reports on a massacre of crew of the whaling ship Awashonks; the a brief account of the building of a Mormon temple in Kirtland Ohio; the Florida War with the Seminole; a massacre in Hawaii; news on insurrections of enslaved people in Kentucky and New Orleans; a piece on Sam Houston etc. POOR condition. Ex-library with minor stamping. Covers and first several blank endpapers DETACHED. Covers scuffed faded and worn especially along the extremities. Other than the first several endpapers the text block is solid and clean. One or two papers have an ownership signature in ink on the top of the page. J.T. Gibbs, Publisher unknown
1831022205Dover NH: J.T. Gibbs Publisher 1831. Quarter Leather. Good. Folio. Quarter cloth with marbled boards. Large folio. Bound volume of the Dover New Hampshire newspaper the Dover Gazette and Strafford Advertiser comprising of every weekly issue spanning from December 7 1830 to November 29 1831. Of particular note is an account of the Nat Turner Rebellion in the September 6 1831 issue. Several articles are printed recounting the events and immediate aftermath. One full page is devoted to a message from President Andrew Jackson in which he discusses the removal of Native Americans from lands they inhabited a plan which set in motion what would become known as the Trail of Tears. Also present is a lengthy article on the American pirate Charles Gibbs recounting the events of the mutiny where he tried to seize the Brig Vineyard. He and his accomplice Thomas J. Wansley were caught and Gibbs was executed. Gibbs alias of James Jeffers committed many acts of piracy in the early 1800s although the truth behind the accounts was often lacking. GOOD condition. Ex-library with exterior spine labels interior pastedowns and minor markings. Front endpaper DETACHED. Minor scuffing fading soiling to the covers. Years written on masking tape taped to the spine. Paper a bit browned and brittle. J.T. Gibbs, Publisher unknown
1926020463Chicago: Fashion Art League of America Publisher 1926. Wraps. Good. Green wraps with lettering stamped in gilt. 24 pp. including ads. A few ads with illustrations. A program of events for a convention held by the Fashion League of America listing the board of directors members of various committees etc. as well as a list of talks and fashion shows to be held. This includes an opening fashion show and one displaying French fashions. Talks look at the business side of dressmaking and fashion. The Fashion Art League of America was founded by Alla Ripley Bannister in 1913 after she became president of the Chicago Dressmakers Club and reorganized it. Going by her professional name Madame Ripley she was influential in promoting fashion as an art and establishing it as a business for women at a time when women were expected to give up work once married. She took part in a 1913 fashion show in Chicago that featured dresses and clothing inspired by European Cubism and worked throughout her career to promote American fashion as equal or superior to French fashions see The Beverly Review Sept. 17 2019 article for previous information. GOOD condition. Minor toning and soiling to the covers. Light bumping and creasing along the edges. Small doodle on the lower front cover. Two small notes on the last blank page. Fashion Art League of America, Publisher unknown
1927019673Atlanta GA: Good Words Publisher 1927. Wraps. Good. Wraps. Approximately 9 ¾ by 7 1/8 inches. 12 pp. A little magazine published at the United States Penitentiary in Atlanta Georgia. It began publishing in 1913 soon after the prison opened. Julian Hawthorne wrote for the magazine when he was incarcerated there. The magazine for the most part had a "preachy moralistic" tone and often ignored news from within the prison such as the release of Eugene Debs see Jailhouse Journalism: the Fourth Estate Behind Bars p. 88. The journal was published until 1938 when it was replaced with The Atlantian. This with news of big work farm production some reprinted articles on reform prison football news etc. GOOD condition. Minor toning creasing and wrinkling. Minor soiling. Good Words, Publisher unknown
1971016065Washington: Government printing Office 1971. Wraps. Good. Printed wraps. 145 7 pp. A few black and white illustrations throughout reprints of illustrations from issues of The Black Panther Party. A supposedly "analytical" report on the Black Panther Party discussing its origins ideology and methodology in achieving its aims. The work cites the words of Black Panther Party leaders and ex-members and subtly seeks to tie the party to foreign groups communists seeking to overthrow the US government while ignoring the facts in some cases such as the murder of Fred Hampton that would portray the US government in a poor light. The report was issued by the Committee on Internal Security formerly known as the House of Un-American Activities Committee chaired by Richard Ichord a staunch anti-communist. GOOD condition. Minor to moderate toning some staining and minor soiling with light rusting to the staples. Minor creasing and wrinkling. Government printing Office unknown
008926Detroit: Military Historical Society of Detroit Publisher. Wraps. Good. 1958-1962. Side stapled illustrated wraps. 8 1/2 by 11 inches. Seven issues of this small journal produced on cheap paper. Runs from 8-34 pages an issue. A few illustrations in some issues. Each issue contains short but detailed works of military history exploring topics such as 'The US Rifle Caliber 45 Model of 1873;' 'General Treatise on the Civil War;' 'A Prolegomenon to the History of Fort Wayne Detroit;' An intelligence report on Detroit by an American spy during the American Revolution; 'Expedition to Kentucky in 1780;' excerpts from the Winchester Orderly Book etc. All in GOOD or slightly better condition. Moderate fading to the covers with a few being rather browned along the extremities. Minor scattered soiling and a few dark scuffs. Light creasing. Military Historical Society of Detroit, Publisher unknown
012608No Place: No Publisher. Full Leather. Good. No publisher place or date presumed Seattle circa 1954. Full brown leather. Hundreds of pages. Hand drawn illustrations throughout some colored. A few black and white photos throughout. A work collecting well-wishes and reminiscences from various members of the US Armed Forces and staff associated with Colonel Edward H. Connor. This included humorous cartoons letters pages of signatures etc. Many signed or handwritten. Presented to Connor on his retirement in 1954. According to the record at the front Colonel Edward H. Connor served in various capacities in the US military from 1917 to 1954 including being Commanding Officer of the Transportation Corps Training Center in Indiantown Gap PA; activated and commanded the 17th Major Port at New Orleans in 1943; commanded the New Orleans Port of Embarkation from 1947-1950 and the Seattle Port of Embarkation from 1952-54. He also received the Legion of Merit Bronze Star Medal Yangtze Medal World War I and World War II victory medals etc. GOOD condition. Leather scuffed and faded heavy along the extremities. Minor soiling. Some staining to the lower spine and front corner. Interior hinges cracked. Minor scattered soiling and staining in the interior. No Publisher unknown
1870005733Washington: Government Printing Office 1870. Full Leather. Good/No Jacket. Full calf leather. 650 pp. With a title page preceding the above title stating: 'Executive Documents Printed by Order of the House of Representatives During the Second Session of the Forty-First Congress. 1869-70. Dated 1870. With a 51 page index to the 13 volumes of these documents at the front. This volume is devoted to the report from the Chief of Engineers which includes a discussion of a perfect levee system along the Mississippi River various improvements to harbors rivers and waterways etc. GOOD condition. Uneven fading and minor staining to the leather with some scuffing heaviest along the extremities and spine. A 2 inch split present at the upper rear hinge with a small split at the upper front. Light pulling and fraying to the head of the spine. A few small spots of staining to the rear cover. Interior clean and solid with minor browning. Some offsetting to the endpapers. Government Printing Office unknown
1887011564Washington: Government Printing Office 1887. Half Leather. Good. Half leather with marbled boards. Pagination varies throughout. Nine volumes including index volumes plus a report volume containing testimony from railroad officials government officials and others associated with railroads in the United States ascertaining their finances and benefit to the US government and how the financing and relationship between the government and railroads should continue. GOOD condition. Moderate to heavy scuffing to the leather along the extremities and hinges. Owner's name in gilt at the foot of each spine. Minor fading. Some dustiness and light soiling to the covers. Light toning to the paper. Government Printing Office unknown