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1823010670Portland ME: Todd and Smith Publisher 1823. Tabloid. Good. Large tabloid format. Remains of binding along the spine. Each issue 4 pages long with ads. A collection of weekly newspapers featuring local news commentary on politics national and international news. This includes the blockade of Cadiz Haitian literature a short piece on 'Another Black Conspiracy' recalling an uncovered plot of rebellion of African-Americans in Havana Cuba; an account from General Leavenworth recalling his fighting and encounters with the Ricara Native American tribe of the Missouri River area etc. Seba Smith was a 19th century American humorist from Maine known as being one of the first writers to use the American vernacular in humor Wikipedia. GOOD condition. Horizontal fold crease present. General browning minor scattered foxing and a few small tears/holes to the paper. Spine very rough. Minor scattered staining. Ink inscription at the upper left corner. Todd and Smith, Publisher unknown
1902007627Washington: Government Printing Office 1902. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. Blue cloth. Folio. 439 pp. With a few photo plates. A detailed government report on street and electric railways in the United States in the early 1900s. This includes a look at the traffic using the railways the urban street railways and their effect on population and businesses in cities capitalization and financial operations interurban railways and their features European railways etc. Also included are chapters on the history and development of electric traction the construction of rail beds and electrical aspects the various styles in railways cars and passenger cars passenger stations and car houses etc. This includes many photos of various railroad cars and facilities. GOOD condition. Moderate fading and some spots of discoloration to the covers. Mostly minor soiling. Some scuffing. White streak/stain perhaps from paint to the lower rear cover. Extremities rather bumped and scuffed. Minor soiling to the endpapers. Interior solid with minor scattered soiling. Government Printing Office unknown
1813017580Montpelier VT: Walton and Goss Printers 1813. Pamphlet. Poor. Pamphlet. 27 pp. An anti-France work blaming French culture and politics for the problems of the United States including the War of 1812. Truair saw debauchery everywhere in French thinking especially after the French Revolution and asserted Jefferson Madison and others were influenced by this. He accuses them of only being religious when it suits them and asserts they don't believe in religion. Truair also cites various Illuminati societies in the US as a source of ills. Overall a strongly worded piece that takes Jefferson and other heads of state to task for the perceived downfall of the US. POOR condition. The whole piece is very tattered torn and worn along the extremities with some loss to the front blank wrapper the title page and first page of text. This includes some loss of text. Overall very heavy tearing tattering creasing and wear. Previous owner's signature A. Bingham abounds in most blank areas indicating a they were enamored with the look of their name in script. Did we mention this was heavily worn Text block toned. A few stray notes present. If not already clear this is VERY worn. Sabin 97075. Walton and Goss, Printers unknown
1852010944Boston: Published for the author by Geo. C. Rand 1852. Wraps. Poor. Printed wraps. 179 pp. With a few black and white illustrations. A collection of anti-tobacco anecdotes presumably aimed toward a young male audience detailing the crime addiction and suffering associated with tobacco use citing incidents of young men succumbing to the drug. With a collection of short essays by various people including Horace Mann in the rear. POOR condition. Rear wrapper DETACHED but present. Leaf 63/64 MISSING resulting in text missing from that section. Wrappers missing along the spine exposing the signatures beneath. Moderate to heavy soiling to the covers with dampstaining and other stains present. Moderate to heavy browning to the piece. A few small superficial insect holes along the extremities of the covers and first few pages. A half inch hole in the center front cover with some loss of text. Minor tearing along the extremities. Scattered soiling and staining in the interior. Published for the author by Geo. C. Rand 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
1893008578Denver CO: The Great Divide Publishing Co 1893. Wraps. Good. Side folding journal approximately 15 by 12 inches. 24 pp including covers. Illustrations and a few photos throughout including a photo of a cliff dwelling perhaps in Mesa Verde Colorado. With ads for Smith and Wesson mining companies gold mines and other western opportunities in Colorado Arizona California and elsewhere. A single issue of this magazine/journal containing articles and stories many reflecting a Western theme. This includes an illustrated article on the Native American pottery of the Rio San Juan; a discussion of cliff dwelling architecture; Washington territory legends; a discussion of Shamanism as practiced by Native Americans including explanation of the Jessakkid; an autobiography by the Native American Running Antelope written in pictographs with translations beneath; a piece on a massacre of white settlers by Native Americans in the Minnesota area; a piece on various snakes etc. GOOD condition. Moderate browning minor soiling some foxing and minor staining. Horizontal fold crease present. Heavy wrinkling along the spine. Center hinge split with a few minor tears throughout. The Great Divide Publishing Co unknown
1805019914Windsor VT: Nahum Bower Publisher 1805. Unbound. Good. Side folding newspaper format. 8 pp. Single issue of this short-lived newspaper from Vermont apparently only publishing for one year. With the usual sort of news politics political commentary that one would expect from a paper. Of note is a brief account of what appears to have been an insurrection or rebellion by enslaved African Americans in Savannah Georgia. The account says the African Americans killed whites by poisoning and that thirteen were in jail. Two were hung one was burned alive and others faced other punishments. Research did not turn up any accounts of rebellions in Savannah Georgia in 1805 but an account of a rebellion in Wayne County North Carolina bears a striking similarity to this one. The account in this paper indicates that the insurrectionists were held in Waynesboro jail so perhaps their was some confusion surrounding the name. Also present is a short account of piracy originating from St. Augustine as well as a letter questioning Thomas Jefferson's interaction with Benedict Arnold during the Revolutionary War. GOOD condition. Horizontal fold crease present. Moderate toning. Minor spotting soiling and staining to the paper. Heavy chipping and wear to the lower extremity. Nahum Bower, Publisher unknown
1865022123Richmond VA: Walker and Lewellen Publisher 1865. Tabloid. Good. Large format tabloid newspaper. Single sheet 4 pp. Single issue of this short lived newspaper from Richmond Virginia published from 1865 to 1866. The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History speculates that this was an occupation newspaper which may be true given that the town was burned by Confederate soldiers prior to surrender. The paper's byline reads "No North No South No East No West-Our Whole Country." This issue with the usual sort of local national and international news reporting on crime shipping food etc. Of note is a column on the upcoming trial of Jefferson Davis and another column that reports on the trial of a Spiritualist in New York that also reports on the practice of Spiritualism. GOOD condition. Horizontal and vertical fold creases present. Minor creasing toning and soiling. A few ink spots along with an ink bracket around one passage. Walker and Lewellen, Publisher unknown
1860021982New York: H. Greeley and Company 1860. Wraps. Good. Light blue printed wraps. 80 pp. including ads. An almanac published by Horace Greeley that besides the usual monthly almanac information focuses on political subjects. This includes a look at the executive and judicial parts of the US government lists of the Senate and House of Representatives etc. Includes an essay on the attempts of Southern politicians to revive the foreign slave trade essentially making the practice legal again. GOOD condition. General toning and minor soiling to the covers. Minor curling and creasing at the corners. Paper toned in the interior. Owner's name on the upper front cover. H. Greeley and Company unknown
1918016205Washington: The National War Garden Commission 1918. Wraps. Good. Illustrated wraps. 32 pp. including covers. Illustrations throughout. A work promoting domestic war gardens in the US during World War I using comics and humor to look at the lighter side of food shortages ! and gardening. Most of the work reprinted from other newspapers and magazines. The pamphlet was published by the National War Garden Commission established by Charles Lathrop Pack prior to the US entrance into World War I. The commission hoped that the war garden would counter the negative effects of a large crop failure in 1916 as well as interruptions in shipping due to submarine warfare and the loss of farmworkers due to enlistment. GOOD condition. Moderate creasing at the corners with some wrinkling. Minor foxing soiling and staining to the covers. Upper corner bent and curled. The National War Garden Commission 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
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
1973009517Farrar Straus and Giroux: 1973. The third printing 242 pages illustrated. "Mr. Davies's book gives a devastating account of the Justice Department's evasion and duplicity and draws upon new evidence that has come to light in the past two years. This book is an indictment not only of some of the Ohio National Guard but of the Nixon Administration for its failure to come to grips with the unanswered questions surrounding the tragic events of May 4 1970 and of the American public as well for its willingness to let these questions go unresolved." FINE- HARDCOVER VERY GOOD- DUST JACKET. Dust jacket protected with a clear plastic acid-free jacket. Hard Cover. Fine-/Very Good-. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Farrar, Straus and Giroux: Hardcover
1160759537.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
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
1956021414No Place: No publisher 1956. Unbound. Good. No publisher or place. All 1956. Approximately 30-40 pieces. Most are duplicate typed sheets as well as some blank fundraising forms and envelopes and a lengthy guest list including number of tickets needed. These papers relate to a campaign fundraising dinner Adlai Stevenson and his campaign held on April 25th 1956 at the Waldorf. This includes duplicates of letters of invitations addressed to a variety of people; confidential campaign memos; blank fundraising forms; and a lengthy guest list that includes Eleanor Roosevelt among others. These are from an executive of a very large international insurance firm name of owner and firm withheld for privacy. The owner was a highly placed executive in an insurance company and travelled throughout the world extensively. They were active in politics through donations and fundraising and it appears their family was friendly with the Roosevelts especially Eleanor Roosevelt. The previous owner's work for the insurance company led them to meet with various heads of state worldwide including US government officials. Some of the people associated with this firm were also involved in World War II activities including financing the Flying Tigers in China as well as work for the OSS using knowledge gained from insurance work. While we have not found any direct connection to intelligence work by this owner their ties to those who did are strong. GOOD condition. All housed in a manila folder. Some are stapled many bear creases and are toned with some pencil or pen notes scattered throughout. No publisher unknown
1995025815Greenwood Press: 1995. 173 pages. "The purpose of the present study is to chronicle the changing role of anti-popery in New England from the siege of Louisbourg in 1745 until 1791 when John Carroll archbishop of Baltimore head of the Catholic Church in America visited Boston." FINE- HARDCOVER scarce. Blue cloth covers lettering is bright on the spine and cover. Hard Cover. Fine-/No Dust Jacket Present. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Greenwood Press: Hardcover
1910021623Hanover MA: Town of Hanover Publisher 1910. Cloth. Good. Green cloth. 291 474 pp. With a few photos and a small map. A town history of Hanover Massachusetts including notable residents and events a look at buildings etc. With a lengthy section of genealogies of families associated with Hanover. GOOD condition. Ex-library with spine label interior pockets pastedowns and stamping. Minor fading and edgewear. Heavy pulling and fraying to the head and tail of the spine. All front endpapers to the title page DETACHED and laid in. Lengthy gift inscription on the inside front cover. Rear interior hinge reinforced with binding tape. Town of Hanover, Publisher unknown
1991009436Bowie MD: Heritage Books 1991. Wraps. Near Fine. Glossy pale yellow wraps. Quarto. 615 total pages between the two books plus an index of beneficiaries and executors at the end of volume 2. An abstract list of 15126 wills from Hamilton County Ohio from 1791-1900 providing testator location of will in the UC collection residence of the testator date filed executioner and beneficiaries. Perhaps useful for the genealogist or genealogy. NEAR FINE condition. Light bumping and edgewear. Owner's name and perhaps purchase date on the inside of each volume. Heritage Books unknown
1797003829Dublin: Printed by A. Stewart for P. Wogan Old Bridge 1797. Full Leather. Fair/No Jacket. Calf leather. xxxiii 2 260 4 pp including ads in the rear. With a dedicatory epistle to the King of Sweden. A chronicle of the Incans in Peru recounting briefly their life and culture before the arrival of the Spanish including an account of several festivals. Most of this work describes the Spanish conquest of South America in particular Peru and the Incans and the actions of Pizarro. EX-LIBRARY in FAIR/GOOD condition. Date sticker and small circular sticker on the lower spine. Library bookplate on the inside cover. Purple ownership stamp on the fore edge inside front cover and one page in the middle of the text. Upper front hinge split and separating along the upper 3 inches. Moderate to heavy scuffing to the leather especially along the extremities. Minor soiling uneven fading and a few very minor stains present to the covers. Extremities bumped and worn. Text block solid with scattered foxing and minor soiling throughout. Heavy dampstain in the upper and lower gutter of the first few pages disappearing by the first dedication page. Sabin record 44653 does not list this particular printing year. Printed by A. Stewart, for P. Wogan, Old Bridge unknown
1920010803No Place: No Publisher 1920. Unbound. Good. No Publisher. Perhaps Tyrone PA: 1920. Black clothbound slipcase containing seven of eight maps called for. MISSING the Johnstown-Somerset Region map. A collection of seven very large fold out maps depicting various bituminous coal producing regions in Pennsylvania with roads and rail lines serving the region also labeled and depicted. Pennsylvania Railroad logo on the map keys so it is presumed these maps may have been issued by the company. No accompanying text. Maps present are: the Pittsburg Region the Indiana-Butler Region the Clearfield Region the Broad Top Mountain Region the Renovo-Cook's Run Region the Snow Shoe-Tangascootac Region and the English Center-Ralston Region. Maps in GOOD to VERY GOOD condition with a few minor tears along the folds minor toning and scattered soiling. Slipcase soiled faded and somewhat worn with heavy fraying to the cloth along the opening edge. No Publisher unknown
019444Portland ME: G.W. Morris Publisher. Wraps. Good. no date circa 1900. Wraps string tied. Oblong format. 80 pp. Black and white photos throughout. A photo book depicting the port cities and villages along the Maine coast including Rockport Lubec Bar Harbor Camden and many others. Includes ocean scenery depictions of islands such as Monhegan etc. GOOD condition. Moderate soiling toning spotting and some staining to the covers. Minor edgewear. Large faint dampstain across the top edge of all the pages in the interior mostly affecting the upper margin. G.W. Morris, Publisher unknown
1871020782Boston: The Excursionists 1871. Cloth. Good. Green cloth. 69 pp. An account of a travel club sort of group from Massachusetts that toured the northeastern coast of the Atlantic in 1871 aboard the steamship New Brunswick. Much detail is given to visiting Bar Harbor Maine and surrounding locales. List of passengers and crew included. With a silk ribbon commemorating the excursionists laid in. It appears people from Massachusetts have descended on other states in large numbers from time immemorial. GOOD condition. Minor fading and edgewear to the book. Text block rather toned. A pages of passengers with pencil scribbled across them as well as some commentary and annotations in the text of a few pages. The Excursionists unknown
1860019756New York: Anson D.F. Randolph 1860. Cloth. Fair. Dark brown flexible cloth covers. 42 pp. A few black and white illustrations in the interior. A short book for children providing instructions on how to build several kinds of pumps including a suction pump a force pump and a small fire "engine" that can force water 20 feet high. With an inscription dedicating the book to Mariana A. Foster from the author "her affectionate brother." FAIR condition. Covers and first few pages VERY tenuously attached to the binding. Uneven fading and scuffing to the covers. Extremities scuffed and curled with a few minor tears. Heavy foxing to the paper in the interior. Almost all of the cloth missing from the spine. Anson D.F. Randolph unknown
