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1908017904New Bedford MA: George R. Phillips Publisher 1908. Tabloid. Good. Large tabloid format single sheet. 2 pp. Single issue of this weekly paper devoted to the whaling industry. It was founded in 1843 and published until 1914. This issue with a list of names masters sailing date and destination along with the latest report of approximately 32 whaling ships departing from New Bedford San Francisco and elsewhere. Reverse has a few articles including one describing the fad of oxygen parties in London. GOOD condition. Horizontal and vertical fold crease present with a few minor tears along the folds. Minor toning and foxing. George R. Phillips, Publisher unknown
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
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
1998x-9766400644University Of The West Indies Press 1998. Paperback. New. 210 pages. 9.25x6.00x0.75 inches. University Of The West Indies Press paperback
116812476X.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
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
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
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
1160759537.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
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
019829Newark NJ: Whitehead and Hoag Producer. Unbound. Good. circa 1896 based on patent date on the reverse. Celluloid pinback with paper back. Stickpin style back. Approximately 7/8 inches in diameter. Paper on the reverse reads "F. Ziegfeld Jr. Mgr Anna Held. A pinback promoting Polish-French actress and singer Anna Held. Working in Europe Held was "discovered" by Florenzo Ziegfeld in London in 1896 and was persuaded by him to return to New York with him. Ziegfeld a master promoter and user of media fed American papers semi-lurid or exotic tales of Held creating a public sensation before she even arrived. From 1896 to 1910 she was one of Broadway's most popular actors. Held and Ziegfeld were common law spouses until Ziegfeld began an affair in 1909 with another actress and married yet another performer in 1914. GOOD condition. Image of Held very toned and faded with the words barely visible on the face. Whitehead and Hoag, Producer unknown
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
021924No Place: No publisher. Unbound. Very Good. Mr. Jacob M. Currier Handwritten Log of Lumber Delivered in his behalf. No publisher place or date. Believed Dover New Hampshire late 1700s. Single sheet approximately 7 by 5 inches. A short list of lumber delivered for "Mr. Currier" including what appears to be joints to Rogers and Patten. Research indicates they built brick buildings in Dover along the town landing in the early 1800s and it's possible this was for something else they were building prior to those. Also listed is bridge plank to "Cap Wingate" although it is not clear which Captain Wingate this was. Rogers and Patten are mentioned two other times on this slip along with price of merchandise. VERY GOOD condition. Minor wrinkling and toning. A few creases. Minor fraying along the right edge. No 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
021003No Place: Search Light Matches Publisher. Unbound. Very Good. No place or date perhaps late 1800s. Single sheet printed on both sides. Accordion folded as issued. Approximately 10 by 4 inches. One side features a full color illustration of two women and two men each with a box of Search Light matches in their hand that when the paper is unfolded is lifted into the air. The rest of the piece is advertising copy touting the matches' ease of lighting that they don't get eaten by rats they're nonpoisonous etc. VERY GOOD condition. General toning. Slight wearing away of ink to one of the figures. A hint of soiling. Search Light Matches, Publisher unknown
022370No Place: No publisher. Wraps. Very Good. String tied oblong format album with black and white photos tipped in with corner triangles. Black paper with photos nicely captioned with names and descriptions of locations or actions from time to time. Apparently from the collection of Ralph Adelbert Young. The photos depict trips to the Moosehill Bird Sanctuary in Sharon. Massachusetts several different summers at a "Camp Squanto" a trip to Chatham a trip to a cottage at Great Hill a hiking trip to Twin Bridges winter hiking swimming etc. The friend group was a mix of late teenage boys and girls. Approximately 50 to 75 photos. About VERY GOOD condition. Minor fading scuffing and edgewear to the covers. A few photos now loose with a couple missing. No publisher unknown