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1914031643Albany: New York State Education Department 1914. First Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 120pp. i with frontispiece. Nice association copy. Bound in original burgundy cloth with largely clear and bright gilt lettering to front cover. Several small bumps to extremities of volume with light to medium wear in a few places on exterior and light soiling to cloth. Ink-stamp stamp reads "Compliments of Peter C. Jezewski Member of Assembly" to front free end paper else no markings to interior. Binding slightly shaken though generally firm <br/> <br/> New York State Education Department hardcover
1939019685Boston MA: Historical Records Survey Works Progress Administration Publisher 1939. Wraps. Good. Printed blue wraps with blue cloth tape binding. 572 pp. between the two volumes. No illustrations. An annotated survey/inventory of portrait paintings held in various places in Massachusetts arranged alphabetically by subject. Lists artist where held and other information. Typed gift letter from the Works Progress Administration tipped in at the front of the first volume. GOOD condition. Ex-library with a spine label on volume 2. No other treatments present. General toning minor soiling scuffing and creasing to the covers. Some superficial peeling to the paper at a few spots on the covers. Historical Records Survey Works Progress Administration, Publisher unknown
1906022360New York: Comstock and Gest Publisher 1906. Wraps. Good. Color illustrated wraps. Unpaginated. Photos throughout. A program for the 1906-1907 season of shows at the New York Hippodrome featuring a "Society Circus" with the whole show focusing on "gypsy" characters. Also present is several pages of music composed by composer Manuel Klein who wrote music for shows at the Hippodrome and other locales in New York and elsewhere. A photo of marksman Colonel Gaston Bordeverry aiming a gun at the top of a young woman's head also included. GOOD condition. Wrinkling and creasing to the covers with some scratches and scuffs resulting in a few tears and punctures. A few tears along the extremities. Some toning soiling to the covers along with some other minor areas of discoloration. Some wrinkling and toning in the interior. Comstock and Gest, Publisher unknown
1984004657No Place: U.S. Department of the Interior 1984. Original Wraps. Good. Wraps. Xxxiii 625-1144 pages. With several fold out maps reproduced illustrations etc. in the rear. Volume 2 only. An exhaustive history of the Charleston Navy Yard in Boston Massachusetts from the takeover by Commodore Elliott in 1832 and covering its many upgrades the repairs it made on different vessels turmoil on the Yard including a suppressed mutiny etc. GOOD condition EX-MUSEUM LIBRARY with a pocket and pastedown and spine label present. Minor to moderate soiling to the wraps with minor creasing and fading. Light edgewear. Interior clean and solid. U.S. Department of the Interior unknown
1973021587Portsmouth NH: Portsmouth 350 Inc 1973. Hard Cover. Good/Good. #167 in a limited edition. Glossy black faux leather hard covers. In dust jackets. 371 503 pages including an index to both volumes in volume 2. With black and white photos. A comprehensive history or Portsmouth NH with topics not discussed extensively elsewhere including the clipper ship days the Return of the Sons celebration in 1853 the effects of major fires on the city as well as a discussion of the notorious red-light district and its closing. Pictures of some of the more infamous bawdy houses are included. GOOD condition. Minor to moderate soiling scuffing and a few minor stains to the jacket. A few small tears and chips resulting in minor loss to the jackets. Superficial scuffing with slight loss of jacket illustrations to volume two. Extremities with minor tears and chips. Large tear along the lower hinge of volume two. Minor fading and soiling to the books. Portsmouth 350, Inc unknown
1976019316Allenstown and Pembroke NH: Allenstown-Pembroke Bicentennial Committee Publisher 1976. Cloth. Very Good. Red cloth in slipcase. No jackets presumably as issued. Fold out map present in the rear of volume one. Two volume reprint of an 1895 edition giving the history of Pembroke and the surrounding area in New Hampshire with volume two containing a genealogy of area families. Books in VERY GOOD condition with minor fading and soiling. Heavier fading to the spines. Slipcase in GOOD condition with staining toning foxing and soiling. Old price written at the top corner of the case. Allenstown-Pembroke Bicentennial Committee, Publisher unknown
1922022217No Place: McCall's Publisher 1922. Unbound. Good. Single sheet folio. A sheet of paper dolls and accessories for Camp Fire Girls the youth organization founded around the same time as the Girl Scouts. Illustrated and drawn by Mel Cummin a noted American illustrator and cartoonist. GOOD condition. Minor toning to the paper. A few faint creases at the corners. McCall's, Publisher unknown
1913021809Boston: Houghton Mifflin 1913. Cloth. Good. Red cloth. 583 pp. With illustrations. Volume one ONLY of a town history of Lexington Massachusetts from its settlement by colonists to the mid 1800s. GOOD condition. Ex-library with spine label interior markings pockets and pastedowns. Uneven fading minor soiling and edgewear. Houghton Mifflin unknown
1905021305Boston: Municipal Printing Office 1905. Pamphlet. Poor. Pamphlet lacking any wraps issued. 18 pp. LACKING the 1645 map ONLY three maps present. A collection of three maps depicting Boston Massachusetts in 1630 1635 and 1640. These were originally found in the Town Records Book of Possessions and other sources. The primarily depict property and owners as well as roads ways. Text with names for references included with each map. POOR condition. EX-LIBRARY. Spine reinforced with black tape. Exterior labels interior pastedown and stamping present. Paper very brittle. Heavy chipping tearing and loss along the fore edge and lower edge. The first map TORN into two pieces neatly along one of the folds. Other maps intact. Last map MISSING. POOR condition as is. Reference copy only. Really we swear. Municipal Printing Office unknown
1901014341Washington: Government Printing Office 1901. Pamphlet. Poor. Printed wraps. MISSING rear wrapper and ALL pages after page 256. A collection of rulings on laws and other legal decisions relating to Native Americans in the United States and their treatment in the legal sense by the US government. This includes specific claims lawsuits and rulings under territorial and state affairs civil actions and claims etc. giving names of tribes and/or persons mentioned in each case or ruling/law. POOR condition. MISSING rear cover and all pages after 256. Heavy browning to the front cover with tape burns near the spine. Heavy chipping and tattering to the backstrip with some chipping along the fore edge. Some toning in the interior. Government Printing Office unknown
1924019931New York: National Automobile Chamber of Commerce 1924. Wraps. Good. Illustrated card stock wraps. 230 pp. Black and white photos throughout. A catalog to various automobiles including cars trucks and other commercial vehicles made by a variety of manufacturers. Includes cost principal mechanical details and specifications. Manufacturers include Auburn Apperson Chevrolet Durant Haynes Dodge Studebaker Olds Nash Pierce-Arrow etc. Perhaps of note are four pages of electric vehicles including cars and commercial vehicles made by Rauch and Lang Autocar and Ward Motor Vehicle Company. While electric cars had been around since the late 1800s their use declined by 1920 due to innovations in gasoline power car design and discovery of vast amounts of oil rendering them all but obsolete by the early to mid 1920s. GOOD condition. Five strips of yellowed tape present across the spine. Covers and text block a bit wavy presumably from water exposure at some point. Minor soiling fading and discoloration to the covers. Faint dampstain visible along the fore edges of all the pages in the interior. National Automobile Chamber of Commerce unknown
1915022351No Place: No publisher 1915. Wraps. Good. No publisher place or date. Presumed San Francisco 1915. Color illustrated wraps with the front cover being the painting "The Thirteenth Labor of Hercules" by Perham Wilhelm Nahl. Unpaginated. Black and white photos and color illustrations throughout. A promotional booklet issued to provide a guide to the 1915 Panama Pacific International Exposition held in San Francisco that was celebrating the opening of the Panama Canal. The booklet contains a short history of the Panama Canal as well as extensive descriptions of the the Exposition itself including the buildings and palaces for the event. It also describes places to visit in San Francisco and California. Includes color illustrations of buildings black and white photos of places in Yosemite the California coast etc. Inside front cover with a bird's eye view map of the Panama Canal region with a bird's eye view map of San Francisco and beyond in the rear. The Panama Pacific International Exposition San Francisco was essentially a World's Fair that while touted as celebrating the opening of the canal also promoted the rebuild of San Francisco after the 1906 earthquake. GOOD condition. General toning and minor soiling to the covers. Minor wrinkling and creasing. A 1 ½ inch tear present at the top front hinge. A few small bumps and tears along the upper rear cover. No publisher unknown
1952009919No Place: United States Lines Publisher 1952. Unbound. Good. Stated Preliminary March 1952 Reprint. A large fold out brochure measuring approximately 48 by 9 inches when unfolded. Consisting of several pages stapled at the middle this presents a detailed floor plan of first class cabins and amenities on the cruise ship S.S. United States. With short advertising copy and information about the 'state of the art' aspects of the ship. The S.S. United States was a passenger cruise ship designed to US Navy specifications and subsidized by the US government as it was to be used as a troop transport ship in wartime should the need arise. It achieved speed records in crossing the Atlantic and was in service from July 1952 to 1969. GOOD condition. Some staining spotting and soiling to the piece with minor creasing wrinkling and edgewear. Staples rusted. United States Lines, 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
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
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
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
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
1998x-9766400644University Of The West Indies Press 1998. Paperback. New. 210 pages. 9.25x6.00x0.75 inches. University Of The West Indies Press paperback
1999biblio650<p>This is a new hardback copy enclosed in original shrink wrap obtained from UNC Press at publication of this stunning Puerto Rican countryside chronicle. Drawing on an impressive range of primary sources Guillermo Baralt portrays the estate's history as a series of overlapping changes: from slavery to salaried labor from primitive processing techniques to the latest in mill technology from Spanish rule to American control and from hard-scrabble country life to life as part of the world marketplace. Richly illustrated and written in a lively narrative style <em>Buena Vista</em> paints a compelling portrait of an era an island a family and an estate bringing a period in Caribbean history to vivid life.</p><p>Photos on request.</p> UNC Press hardcover