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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
1878021488Boston: New England Publishing Company 1878. First Edition. Cloth. Good. First edition with 1878 present on title and copyright page. Green cloth decorated in blind and black. 373 pp. Photograph frontis of Bridgman along with two fold out plates of writing in the text. A biography of Laura Bridgman a woman who after being stricken with scarlet fever at the age of two was left deaf and blind. Showing an aptitude for learning Bridgman was enrolled at the Perkins Institute for the Blind successfully learning Braille and sign language as well as general knowledge including arithmetic. She gained some fame in her early teenage years when Charles Dickens wrote about her in 1842 but this fame eventually faded. Her story did inspire the mother of Helen Keller who then hired Anne Sullivan who was a student at the Perkins School. This biography was written by one of Bridgman's teachers. GOOD condition. Minor fading and edgewear to the covers. Faint evidence of dampstaining along the fore edge of the cover with dampstaining affecting the right third of the first 50 or so pages. New England Publishing Company unknown
1962009039Montpelier VT: Myrtle Lane presumed Publisher 1962. Wraps. Good. Reproduced printed type 8 ½ by 11 inches. Stapled at the upper left corner. 16 pp. including covers. Devoted to peace as the title indicates this issue of the journal provides lengthy commentary on the then fresh in the news Cuban Missile Crisis. Included is a tally for President Kennedy versus Krushchev Castro and the peace movement grading Kennedy a scorn-filled A for his role in bringing the world closer to war. A several page account of peace rallies and demonstrations is provided with quotes from various speakers including Bayard Rustin and Dagmar Wilson. Statements from various organizations regarding the crisis are printed as well as reports from England Poland and Czechoslovakia. Most work attributed to Myrtle Lane or Marjory Collins with one by Virginia Colter and others. The Peace Concern was a newsletter devoted to promoting peace and seeking an active participation in the peace movement founded by Myrtle Lane and Marjory Collins. Collins was a noted photojournalist as well as a prominent activist in various social and progressive causes including the Civil Rights movement see Library of Congress website. GOOD condition seemingly ex-institution with date stamp and notations present. Handwritten mailing address postage stamp and cancellations on the rear blank page with several dark brown tape burns. Minor toning. Faint horizontal fold crease. Myrtle Lane, presumed Publisher unknown
1926022182Atlanta GA: VGood Words Publisher 1926. Wraps. Good. Wraps. Approximately 9 ¾ by 7 1/8 inches. 16 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 issue does discuss some intramural sports interspersed with moralizing etc. With news on prison happenings events etc. GOOD condition. Moderate toning mostly along the extremities. Minor soiling. Some creasing and curling along the upper and lower edge. Minor rusting to the staples. VGood Words, Publisher unknown
1896025198Longsman Green: 1896. 1168 pages. 2 FINE- HARDCOVERS with the bookplate of William Crowninshield Endicott Nov. 19 1826 - May 6 1900. He was an American politician and the Secretary of War in the Administration of President Grover.". Hard Cover. Fine-/No Dust Jackets Present. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Longsman, Green: Hardcover
1894017944Buffalo: Charles Wells Moulton 1894. Cloth. Good. Illustrated beige cloth. 107 pp. A work that begins with the long poem "The Story of Portus" a work recalling the life of an enslaved man Portus. While the work reflects on the cruelty of enslaving people transporting them. and selling them it adopts a tone that the enslavers themselves were benevolent and that African-Americans would prefer to remain enslaved as there was nothing for them if they were free. The African-American protagonist Portus lives through the Civil War only to be murdered by the Ku Klux Klan. This work is accompanied by other shorter poetry most reflecting on life and the people of the US South. The poetry is rather conflicted with some celebrating Jefferson Davis while others reflecting on the lives of African-Americans in the South assuming the benefits of spirituality or Christianity in their lives. Overall it would seem much of the poetry whitewashes and glorifies the South while downplaying negative aspects of the region and the legacy of slavery. GOOD condition. Covers foxed and spotted with some soiling toning and minor staining. Text block toned. Owner's inscription on the first endpaper. Charles Wells Moulton unknown
1160759537.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
116812476X.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1980032484Scarecrow Press Inc. 1980. 278 pages. "The current resurgence of Evangelical religion has highlighted the important role of this force in the formation of American culture." FINE HARDCOVER. . Hard Cover. Fine/No Dust Jacket Present. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Scarecrow Press, Inc. Hardcover
1970028069McNeil Island Washington: Vocational Training Duplication Department 1970. First Edition . Soft cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. iv 96pp. Volume contains numerous illustrations. Typographer: John Sivyer. Sponsors: Lester A. Lucht Mrs. Lorraine Dattler and Byron W. Stensen. Volume admits to several minor bumps and some creasing in places at extremities as well as light soiling mild yellowing and several tiny spots to covers. Text clean. Binding sound. Remains an attractive copy. SCARCE <br/> <br/> Vocational Training Duplication Department paperback
1845021966Cook & Co.: 1845. THE LIVES AND OPINIONS OF BENJ'N FRANKLIN BUTLER United States District Attorney For The Southern District of New York; And Jesse Hoyt Counsellor At Law Formally Collector Of Customs For The Port Of New York. Published by Cook & Co. in 1845 152 pages. THE LIFE AND TIMES OF MARTIN VAN BUREN: The Correspondence Of His Friends Family And Pupils; Together With Brief Notices Sketches And Anecdotes. Published by Cooke & Co.: in 1846 308 pages. GOOD HARDCOVER both of these books are bound together. Spine is missing from book and the front cover is detached. The text is fine with slight foxing. Hard Cover. Good/Not Issued with a Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Cook & Co.: Hardcover
1838014141Portland: S.H. Colesworthy Publisher 1838. Pamphlet. Good. Pamphlet lacking any wrappers issued and perhaps disbound from a larger work. Iv 88 pp Wright American Fiction 1774-1850 indicates this has 90 pages but text appears complete. A religious parable charting the author's transition from beliefs in Partialism through Methodism and finally to Universalism citing the many "hazards" along the way. Called "an imaginative inversion of Bunyan's own allegory" The Oxford Handbook of John Bunyan p. 598. GOOD condition ex-library. Blindstamp and a few other minor library markings present. Name of publisher handwritten in ink on the title page. Ink word on the last page of text. Minor to moderate soiling and staining to the outer pages with moderate scattered foxing throughout. Perhaps missing a last leaf. S.H. Colesworthy, Publisher unknown
019372Madison WI: PACC Publisher. Wraps. Very Good. no date circa 1990. Wraps. 16 pp. including covers. Signed by the author with a short inscription on the inside rear cover. A brief guide to common words used by the American Roma written from a law enforcement perspective. Words are given in English along with their phonetic Roma counterparts. VERY GOOD condition. Minor curling to the corners. PACC, Publisher 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
1988019221St. Louis: Fine Art Ltd. Publisher 1988. Unbound. Very Good. Single sheet glossy paper stock. 26 by 20 inches. A poster of a painting by Peter Max depicting a 1936 Mercury Dime issued to promote the March of Dimes cause. Peter Max is an American artist known for his psychedelic and counterculture imagery and posters which gained popularity in the late 1960s and early 1970s. VERY GOOD condition. Slight bend at the upper right corner. Very light edgewear. Fine Art Ltd., Publisher unknown
1909022145No Place: Comstock and Gest Publisher 1909. Wraps. Good. Color illustrated wraps. Unpaginated. Photos throughout. Front cover art by Winsor McCay the noted American cartoonist illustrator and "father" of American animation. A program for the 1909-1910 season of shows at the New York Hippodrome featuring a ballet depicting life in Japan as well as some photos of Maori who were featured in the show as well. Unfortunately their photos are captioned with rather crude language usage indicating they were "imported" for the show. GOOD condition. Faint vertical fold crease present. Minor wrinkling and creasing to the covers. Some toning soiling to the covers with two faint ring stains to the rear cover along with some other minor areas of discoloration. Some wrinkling and toning in the interior. Comstock and Gest, Publisher unknown
018780No Place: No publisher. Unbound. Good. No publishers places or dates. All presumed circa 1972. Pieces range in size from 8 1/2 by 11 inches to legal sized paper. Either single sheets or stapled packets. 21 items plus duplicates relating to the 1972 presidential campaign of George McGovern. This includes statements that relay McGovern's thoughts on the economy education foreign aid arms control unemployment senior citizens voting record on labor flyers for events etc. Also included are printings of speeches given by McGovern one from New Hampshire and one from Massachusetts. Several items gather press material either for the media or what the media has said about McGovern. George McGovern was a long time US politician who ran for president in 1968 and 1972. He gained the democratic nomination in 1972 but lost to Nixon. Items range from good to very good condition. Varying amounts of general toning minor soiling creasing and otherwhere to the pieces. A few with ink annotations. No publisher unknown
1819003892Philadelphia: S. Porter and Co 1819. First Edition. Full Leather. Fair/No Jacket. Full calf leather. ix 113 pp plus 6 pages of ads in the rear. A poem relating historical and geographical details of the Mississippi River with a lengthy appendix providing notes and further history on Native Americans and early settlements in the Mississippi River area as well as mentioning slavery and hypothesizing on the uses of the river for transportation and commerce. In FAIR/GOOD condition. Collated and complete although bearing the remains of missing a section of pages in the middle suggesting another work or ads were bound into the middle of this work. Pagination runs consistent throughout. Slightly ex-historical library society with two stickers and stamping on the inside front cover/first endpaper. Minor soiling spotting and rubbing to the covers. Offsetting along the spine. Extremities scuffed and bumped. Covers split along the front and rear hinges but still intact. Interior solid with minor scattered soiling and minor to moderate foxing throughout. Dampstain present affecting the first few pages. Sabin 47218. S. Porter and Co unknown
1969027966Kraus: 1969. 681 pages. First published in 1948 by Doubleday this book is a reprint of that edition by Kraus 2 volumes bound together. FINE HARDCOVER blue cloth covers lettering is bright on the spine. Hard Cover. Fine/Not Issued with a Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Kraus: Hardcover
1819020599Dover NH: Jesse Varney Publisher 1819. Hard Cover. Good. Paper covered boards with a calf leather spine. 108 pp. A guide to the practice of arithmetic focusing on addition subtraction multiplication division vulgar fractions barter and trade etc. The work was written by New Hampshire native Phineas Merrill a resident of Stratham NH. Best known as a surveyor he also taught arithmetic and wrote this guide to simplify his classes. GOOD condition ex-library. Exterior call label interior pastedowns and markings present. Several areas of ink staining to the covers with minor soiling and fading. Leather worn along the spine with the other extremities rather bumped scuffed and frayed. General browning and scattered foxing in the interior. Jesse Varney, Publisher unknown
1803021266Boston: Manning and Loring 1803. Hard Cover. Good. Paper covered boards. 222 pp. Volume two only of this history of Massachusetts with a heavy focus on events leading up to and during the French and Indian War. This includes mention of various Native American tribes as well as some description of military battles etc. GOOD condition. Ex library. Exterior label and interior pastedowns/treatments present. Spine completely covered/repaired with black cloth binding tape. Minor fading. Extremities bumped and scuffed. Interior front hinge of volume one also repaired with tape. Minor scattered foxing in the interior. Text block cracked but intact at page 221. Sabin 49321. Manning and Loring unknown
17971022408vo modern calf 407 pp. Lacks half title ex-library stamps on both sides of title front endpaper chipped on top expert repair to last page a little soiling normal aging and foxing; otherwise very good in a very nice modern binding. Before James Monroe 1758-1831 became president of the United States his political apprenticeship included serving as Minister to France. He was appointed by George Washington in 1794 to this post which proved disastrous from a political standpoint. He was recalled in 1796 and while he was an enthusiastic supporter of the French Revolution he was openly critical of the Jay Treaty with Britain which antagonized Washington's pro -British cabinet. This work was Monroe's attempt to justify his position. New Book of Knowledge. Evans 32491. Sabin 50020. Howes M727. Benj. Franklin Bache,
1797102241<p>8vo contemporary calf spine and tips rebacked with original spine label laid down new endpapers includes half title 407 pp. Signature on front endpaper and title ink and pencil numbers on back of title extremity wear to binding corner mended dampstaining to the bottom third of book some soiling foxing and aging; otherwise in very good condition overall. Before James Monroe 1758-1831 became president of the United States his political apprenticeship included serving as Minister to France. He was appointed by George Washington in 1794 to this post which proved disastrous from a political standpoint. He was recalled in 1796 and while he was an enthusiastic supporter of the French Revolution he was openly critical of the Jay Treaty with Britain which antagonized Washington's pro-British cabinet. This work was Monroe's attempt to justify his position. New Book of Knowledge. Evans 32491. Sabin 50020. Howes M727.</p> Benj. Franklin Bache,
1819014277Washington: Gales and Seaton Printer 1819. Pamphlet. Good. Pamphlet lacking any wrapppers issued. Presumably disbound from a larger work. 96 pp. MISSING the lastleaf or leaves with loss of the last letter extract included in this pamphlet. A lengthy work providing statements speeches and letters by President James Monroe discussing troubles with Spain including an alleged expedition from the United States against the province of Texas. Present is a printing of the Adams-Onis Treaty of 1819 that ceded Florida to the US from Spain as well as established the border between the US and New Spain. This includes many documents and letters from US and Spanish officials in Spanish and translated to English regarding land grants treaties boundaries territories etc. including discussion of Florida the land around Mobile Bay the Red River etc. GOOD condition. Lacking the aforementioned leaf or leaves at the rear. Heavy offsetting and browning to the outer pages with general moderate browning to the paper. Scattered foxing and soiling. Spine curled. Some creasing with some chipping along the extremities. Remains of binding along the spine. Gales and Seaton, Printer unknown