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1852017405Boston: Published for the author by Geo. C. Rand 1852. Wraps. Fair. Illustrated wraps although MISSING rear wrapper. 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 and P.T. Barnum in the rear. FAIR/GOOD condition. Rear wrapper MISSING and replaced with a blank leaf being taped to the spine with what appears to be three old name labels these have also replaced the wrapper on the spine. General moderate toning to the front wrapper with some soiling and staining. 1 ½ inch tear at the lower center edge. Extremities worn with the upper right corner missing. Owner's signature on the top of the cover. Minor scattered soiling and foxing in the interior. Published for the author by Geo. C. Rand 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
2010034128Columbia University Press: 2010. 301 pages. "This volume contains a selection of the authors articles about Hugnarian American experience. Both authors are internationally renowned for their prolific research in the field of Hungarian Studies." FINE HARDCOVER FINE DUST JACKET. Signed by both authors. Signed by Authors. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Columbia University Press: Hardcover
1916021410Brockton: Published by the School Children of Brockton Massachusetts 1916. Unbound. Very Good. Oblong trifold piece of paper with twelve loose blotters inside. Each measures 6 ¼ by 3 inches. Printed on thick card stock of varying colors. A collection of twelve ink blotters featuring art created by grade school children in Brockton Massachusetts. Each card features two small black and white silhouette style illustrations with the name and grade of the artist. Quite impressive art for children who were in grades 1 through 6. Blotters themselves in VERY GOOD condition with minor toning and edgewear. Wrapper holding them with some toning fading wrinkling creasing and minor soiling. Published by the School Children of Brockton, Massachusetts unknown
019512New York: Sackett and Wilhelms. Spiral Bound. Good. no date circa 1940. Illustrated wraps spiral bound. Unpaginated perhaps 100-150 pp. Printed on single sides only. A promotional work issued by Sackett and Wilhelms Lithograph Company highlighting the work of commercial and graphic artists and photographers. A few entries with brief biographies. Each artist with one full page sample of work. Index to artists in the rear. GOOD condition. Moderate fading and scuffing to the covers with some soiling and a few small stains. Heavy scuffing and wear along the extremities. Paper toned in the interior with a few pages bearing small tears in the center. Sackett and Wilhelms 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
1862021857Boston: American Tract Society 1862. Wraps. Good. Illustrated wraps printed in red and black. 60 pp. Black and white illustrations throughout. Single issue of this almanac issued by the American Tract Society containing the usual monthly almanac information as well as illustrated instructions on how to make a sundial; a song including music and lyrics words by Mrs. J.D. Chaplin titled "The Little Slave" that offers the young enslaved boy's sadness and perspective on his life as an enslaved person; a printing of the Star-Spangled Banner; a printing of an anti-slavery speech by Heman Humphrey etc. GOOD condition. General toning some soiling minor scattered spotting and staining. Minor wear to the corners. American Tract Society unknown
1849017978New York: No publisher 1849. Quarter Leather. Good. Quarter leather with brown cloth covers. 650 pp. Illustrated frontispiece portraits at the beginning of each month. Bound volume of this journal originally published to support the candidacy of Henry Clay who was ran for president against James Polk in 1844. The journal published literature politics history and other topics. This volume includes an article on gold hunting in California in the sixteenth century; historical and mythological traditions of the Algonquins which includes a translation of the Walum-Olum and illustrations of symbols used by Native Americans accompanied by definitions; a piece on California pondering its political future in the United States; an article contemplating problems and the future of Native Americans in the United States written by Kah-Ge-Ga-Gah-Bouh a chief of the Ojibwa Nation etc. GOOD condition. Covers a bit bowed. Moderate fading and scuffing to the covers with some soiling minor staining and areas of discoloration. Leather worn along the hinges and the corners. A few areas of minor dampstaining to the page edges throughout. Moderate to heavy scattered foxing throughout. No publisher unknown
1882016377Chicago: Victor F. Lawson and Co 1882. Tabloid. Good. Large format tabloid newspaper. Single sheet four pages. Single issue of this Chicago newspaper published three days after the killing of Jesse James. This includes a lengthy account of the day of the killing including quotes from Robert Bob Ford the wife of Jesse James and some background into the plot of the killing. Also in this issue is a short paragraph on Dick Liddle a member of the James Gang and his testimony as to robberies committed by the gang; and a lengthy account of the Blue Cut Train Robbery by John Land recalling the actions of the James Gang. Various items of news and commentary present including the suicide of Cornelius Vanderbilt and the hanging of an African-American in Virginia Doc Wright who apparently murdered Coleman Arthur and who was suspected of being part of a secret society called "The True Friends." GOOD condition. Horizontal and vertical fold creases present. Minor loss along the left edge presumably nibbled away. General toning some foxing soiling and minor staining. A few chips and tears along the extremities. Victor F. Lawson and Co 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
1843006271New York: American Anti-Slavery Society Publisher 1843. Cloth. Fair/No Jacket. Stated second edition for the first part with the second part published in Albany in 1843. Dark brown ribbed cloth. Unpaginated. With many illustrations throughout. Sabin states that pagination varies among copies seen. This appears complete based on a counting of signatures 1-18 with 6 leaves 19 with 1 leaf and 20-32 with 6 leaves Signature 19 constitutes the title page to the Remonstrance section. Effectively two works in one. An anti-slavery work containing quotes and accounts of many important and minor anti-slavery figures and abolitionists. This also includes accounts of slavery mostly 3rd person reflections. The second section regards the Texas revolution containing quotes of political and other figures on the annexation of Texas by the United States taking a decidedly anti-Texas annexation stance. FAIR condition. The fold out map in the beginning is MISSING its right half being torn in two along the fold. Cloth backstrip MISSING from the spine. Moderate to heavy uneven fading to the covers with minor to moderate scuffing. Minor soiling and staining with a semicircular ring stain to the rear. Cloth very worn and bumped along the extremities. Binding shaken and text block weakened but holding. First signature almost detached. Scattered moderate to heavy foxing throughout with some staining and soiling. Previous owner's signature present. Howes L235 L236. Sabin 95097. American Anti-Slavery Society, Publisher unknown
1760005903London: Printed for R. Baldwin at the Rose in Pater noster Row 1760. Pamphlet. Good. Pamphlet apparently disbound from a larger work. Pagination runs from 330-384 plus a title page with an illustration of London from the Thames at the head. With a fold-out map of the County of Montgomery as well as a fold-out view of the city and harbor of Fonchall capital of Madeira. A single issue of this British magazine with this issue featuring articles on the then present war between England and France-the Seven Years' War or French and Indian War-including a history and origin of the war a letter from a French officer providing and account of the Siege of Louisburg and a journal of a winter campaign in Canada and the siege of Quebec. Also included is an account of a 'Rebellion of the Negroes in Jamaica' describing Tacky's War or Rebellion in which African enslaved people led by Tacky rebelled against their owners being ultimately defeated. Topics relating to history and religion a mathematical question Dutch designs defeated in the East Indies ships taken by the French etc. are also featured. GOOD condition. Faint creasing to the outer pages with some browning along the extremities. Minor wear along the extremities. Remains of binding along the spine. Very minor scattered foxing. Printed for R. Baldwin, at the Rose, in Pater noster Row unknown
1865018556New York: New York Herald Publisher 1865. Tabloid. Poor. Large tabloid newspaper format. 8 pp. A single issue discussing preparations for the funeral of Abraham Lincoln as well as the general state of mourning in the nation; several columns devoted to the pursuit of John Wilkes Booth and the capture of several conspirators; many short pieces on battles of the Civil War including at Mobile and Selma as well as mentioning the march of Sherman. POOR condition. Unopened along the top edge. Paper almost completely separated along the left edge and may detach with much further handling. Several horizontal and vertical fold creases present. Uneven toning to the paper heavier along the folds. Some chipping tearing creasing and loss to the first few pages along the folds with minor loss of text. Heavy chipping tearing and creasing along the extremities with some loss. New York Herald, Publisher unknown
1958019819Springfield MO: The Medical Center for Federal Prisoners Publisher 1958. Wraps. Good. Side stapled wraps. Zine style magazine. 14 pp. A zine issued for personnel of the United States Medical Center for Federal Prisoners Springfield Missouri discussing employee news items relating to work wages social subjects such as intramural sports etc. GOOD condition. Minor scattered areas of staining with light soiling and general toning. Minor edgewear. The Medical Center for Federal Prisoners, Publisher unknown