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1868020623Boston: Briggs and Co 1868. Hard Cover. Good. Illustrated paper covered boards with a green cloth spine. Small illustration of C. Robinson and Sons Tannery and Leather Belting Manufactory in Concord New Hampshire. 240 pp. A plethora of illustrated advertisements throughout the book. A directory to businesses in New Hampshire for 1868 including mercantile and manufacturing arranged by subject and town. Illustrations of engines bank vaults carriages etc. throughout. GOOD condition. Moderate toning and some soiling to the covers. Paper scuffed off from the top center rear edge. Signature on the upper front cover and first two pages in the interior. Dampstaining in the top margin of the book throughout. Briggs and Co unknown
1864007247New York: John Hillyer Publisher 1864. Wraps. Poor. Small format newspaper style journal. 16 pp although either misbound or misnumbered. With illustrated ads. A journal devoted to mining news throughout the United States providing short columns on various mines in operation and their productions as well as news on the product of petroleum and the Columbia Oil Company. Other companies mentioned or discussed include the Phoenix Mining Company of the Nevada mining territory as well as a report from the Quartz Hill Gold Mining Company of Colorado. POOR/FAIR condition. Several pages unopened along the top or side edges. Heavy chipping and tearing along the extremities as well as heavy tearing and some loss along the center horizontal fold crease loss mostly to the first/front page. Minor soiling and some darkening. Faint stamp to the upper front page with the name of the journal in pencil present in the same locale. A few minor ink stains present. John Hillyer, Publisher unknown
1863016615New York: S.W. Wood and Co 1863. Wraps. Poor. Printed wraps. 80 pp. A book length poem on the Civil War pro-Union and anti-Confederacy calling politicians of the South traitors as well as rejecting slavery and its apologists. POOR/FAIR condition. Large bitten/nibbled area affecting most of the upper rear edge and upper rear margin. From the rear cover and diminishing completely by page 66. Lower corner torn from the front cover. Minor to moderate soiling and staining to the covers. Some creasing. Scattered foxing and dampstaining in the interior. Owner's signature on the title page. S.W. Wood and Co unknown
1902014146Boston: The National Publishing Company Publisher 1902. Unbound. Poor. Unbound single sheet mounted on linen with wooden dowels at the top and bottom for hanging. Approximately 38 by 39 ½ inches. A map in color depicting the White Mountains and Lakes Region of New Hampshire including roads towns as well as names of mountains hills and other geographic features. POOR/FAIR condition. Slightly ex-library with a library pastedown on the reverse. Several large tears about 12 inches long or less along the top edge with heavy tattering chipping and loss affecting the Berlin NH region and the legend. General toning minor soiling and a few faint stains. Minor chipping along the extremities with a few minor creases. The National Publishing Company, Publisher unknown
016678No Place: No publisher. Pamphlet. Good. Full title: Transfer of Indians from Civil to Military Management. Memorial of the Delegation of the Cherokee Creek and Seminole Choctaw and Chickasaw Nations of the Indian Territory to the Congress of the United States in opposition to the transfer of Indians from civil to military management as contemplated in bill H.R. 959 and others of like import now pending in Congress. February 25 1878. 45th Congress 2d Session Mis. Doc. No. 33. House of Representatives. No publisher place or date. Presumed US Government Printing Office Washington DC: 1878. Pamphlet disbound from a larger work. No wrappers. 10 pp. A forcefully written rejection of the US government's proposal to "manage" various Native American tribes via the military as opposed to civilian control. The representatives from the tribes in the title cite the retreat of Sitting Bull to Canada and assert that the various Native American tribes seek to live in peace not war. They point out that so call depredations are carried out by Native Americans and whites alike and do not equate to hostile intent. They also cite various military and civil leaders in the government against the change. GOOD condition. Minor toning. Some wear chipping and creasing along the spine edge. No publisher unknown
1943021425Racine WI: Whitman Publishing 1943. Wraps. Poor. Wraps. Folio. 7 leaves plus covers. A collection of paper dolls featuring women who served in World War II as WACS or WAVES featuring 8 women and a variety of clothing and uniforms. The WACS and WAVES were units associated with the US Army and US Navy that allowed women to serve in the military in noncombat roles. POOR/FAIR condition. Top third of the front cover CUT UP missing the title and the stars that were once present. The book is otherwise intact with all dolls and clothing present and uncut. Moderate toning some wrinkling and minor soiling. Whitman Publishing unknown
1909017613New Bedford MA: George R. Phillips Publisher 1909. 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 26 whaling ships. Reverse has a few articles including a lengthy one of three notable con games in cards. 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
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
020738Watertown MA: Watertown Woman's Club Publisher. Wraps. Good. no date presumed circa 1910. String tied printed wrappers. Approximately 36 pp. A survey of the activities and finances of the Watertown's Woman Club in Watertown Massachusetts from 1910 to 1911. This includes a treasurer's report a list of members an account of events and activities etc. The Watertown Woman's Club was founded in 1894 by Alice M. Potter Silsbee. Restricted to 150 members at any one time the club held literary exercises held classes on fine and domestic arts and hosted lectures by experts on a variety of subjects. According to the Watertown Library the club was also part of the women's suffrage movement although no activities supporting that cause are listed in this book. GOOD condition. 1 ½ inch jagged tear at the lower front cover with some creasing and wrinkling along the bottom edge. Minor soiling and staining to the covers. Some creasing. Watertown Woman's Club, Publisher unknown
1853006215No Place: No Publisher 1853. Unbound. Good. Act of Agreement broadside. Single sheet printed on both sides. Appears dated 1853. Measures roughly 22 by 19 ¾ inches. An agreement between the master and seamen of the ship Meridian captained by John Manson. With twenty-eight handwritten names of the various crewmembers. Some appear to be in their own hand although most appear written in the same hand with "his 'x' mark" written in between the first and last names presumably the marks of those who could not sign their own names. This also provides their stations on board as well as monthly wages and advance wages paid. Nine crewmembers apparently deserted in Liverpool England deserted LP written next to their names with three others perhaps deserting before setting sail. The Meridian was to leave Boston in July of 1853 and head to St. John New Brunswick before sailing to Liverpool. Manson captained Meridian from 1851-54 and was from the South Shore area of Massachusetts perhaps of the Barque Hill community. The ship Meridian built by Jackson and Ewell of East Boston and at 1740 tons was perhaps largest ship then afloat see the Barque Hill Association website. The agreement outlines the terms to which the Master and seaman agree to work on the boat including wages etc. The reverse of this broadside bears 'An act for the Government and Regulation of Seamen in the Merchants Service' originally passed in 1790. Also included below this act is another act 'In Addition to several acts regulating the shipment and discharge of Seamen' approved on 1840. This side bears a bald eagle emblem at the top center. In GOOD condition. Several horizontal and vertical fold creases present with five small holes present along the intersection of the center horizontal and vertical fold creases. Several chips and tears present along the extremities with minor loss. Minor browning to the paper a bit heavier along the extremities. A few areas with minor foxing with heavier foxing/browning/staining to the side bearing the printing of the act. Several small ink stains present. No Publisher unknown
1804019430Hartford: Hudson and Goodwin Printers 1804. Pamphlet. Good. Pamphlet side folding in two separate sections. Pagination runs 659-672 plus a blank rear leaf. A descriptive printing of various laws and acts passed in Connecticut including those relating to surveyors courts gaolers and sheriffs the New Haven Aqueduct Company etc. GOOD condition. Two sections held together with a paper clip. Minor toning and foxing. Some chipping tearing and tattering along the fore edge. Pages unopened along the top edge. Hudson and Goodwin, Printers unknown
018513No Place: New York New Haven and Hartford Railroad Co. presumed Publisher. Unbound. Good. No place or date. Presumed early 1900s. Single sheet roughly 17 by 10 inches. A map depicting the islands of Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket with what appear to be railroad lines in red as well as steamboat lines. Part of Cape Cod and New Bedford also depicted. The rail lines may be the narrow gauge lines that were in operation on the islands from the late 1800s to about 1917. May have been part of a travel booklet at some point GOOD condition. Horizontal and vertical fold crease present with a few other small wrinkles and creases present. Light toning and soiling. A few minor tears along the edges. New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Co., presumed Publisher unknown
009895No Place: No Publisher. Soft Cover. Good. No date or names of family found although a few dates on some photos indicate this is post 1933 presumably mid 1930s maybe early 1940s. Flexible card covers. String tied binding. Folio. 63 leaves. Various sized photos throughout most around 2 ½ by 4 ½ inches although a few are panoramic shots and some are smaller. Most appear taken by the family with some appearing to be souvenir photos purchased on the trip. The majority of photos depict areas of Western United States including Colorado and the Pikes Peak Railroad and various mining operations Bryce Canyon Salt Lake City and Zion in Utah the Grand Canyon areas in California along the coast Yosemite Washington areas in and around Alberta Canada Yellowstone and other areas. The subject is mostly scenery with the family members often posed in the front as well as a few shots of buildings small western towns or cities including those in California. Laid in at the rear is a Shell map of the United States with the route driven apparently traced in ink. A small record of expenditures filled in by hand is also present as well as two souvenir letters from Butte Montana printed on copper. GOOD condition. General fading minor curling scuffing and edgewear to the covers. Paper toned in the interior although the photos are crisp. No Publisher unknown
007305Chanute Field IL: Army Air Forces Training Command Publisher. Wraps. Good. no date presumed mid 1940s. Illustrated wraps with an aircraft engine on the front cover and a black and white photo of a bomber airplane and airmen standing at attention. Folio. 32 pp. including covers. Black and white photos throughout. A pictorial look at Chanute Field a technical training school for soldiers then in the Army Air Force. This includes a look at combat training mechanical and other training involved in maintaining aircraft and ground facilities as well as documentation of entertainment and other aspects of a soldier's life. Many allusions to fighting in World War II throughout as well as photos of various aircraft. Also present is a two page handwritten letter on Army Air Forces letterhead dated October 21 1944 and written from a soldier to his mother and father. This letter describes life at the camp the P.X.s and the author's scheme with another soldier to get a new field jacket. GOOD condition. Minor soiling fading and wrinkling to the book with light fading and toning in the interior. Army Air Forces Training Command, Publisher unknown
009221No Place: No publisher. Soft Cover. Good/No Jacket. World War II Photo Album from a US Soldier Joseph F. Strokoskas apparently serving in the Philippines. Oblong quarto format. Contains about 20 postcards some color illustrated some real photo depicting locations in Alabama Mississippi Chicago and San Francisco; about 50 or so black and white photos of various sizes and formats; and various pieces of ephemera from beer labels from Australia money and military passes. The photos range from posed photos of the subject photos of barracks several of the departure of a 3 star General on a plane photo of presumed Japanese prisoners a dead Japanese soldier a downed Japanese plane photo of an anti-aircraft post to photos of the residents of the Philippines etc. GOOD condition. Covers creased with old tape repairs. General fading minor soiling and scuffing. Some pages chipped along the extremities. One photo dampstained and bearing surface loss. No publisher unknown
003182No Place: No printer or publisher Given. Hard Cover. Fair/No Jacket. Handwritten Ledger from the town of Limerick Maine spanning from the years 1917 through 1922. Bound in cloth with leather spine. Features many full page accounts of various purchases and transactions between local businesses merchants and people including the Limerick Manufacturing Mills. This book features extensive manuscript description of various transactions and indentures almost all attested to in signature by Norris Berry Clerk of Limerick Maine. Also within on page 196 is a handwritten Certificate of Naturalization Petition for a Hubert Gath formerly of Great Britain. Also found within are several receipts and bills. Exterior in FAIR condition being internally very good. Moderate to heavy soiling to the covers with several stains uneven fading and some scuffing also present. This wear mostly affects the front cover. Some scuffing and bumping to the extremities. Very minor soiling to the interior with uneven fading to the pages. The tipped in receipts are browned along the fore edge extremities. Slight musty odor to the book. No printer or publisher Given unknown
1914029724The Century Co.: 1914. This is Volume 5 from the 10 volume set. 460 pages illustrated. FINE- HARDCOVER gilt upper page edge. This is the Olive-Green cloth covers lettering is bright on the spine. A nice clean tight copy. Hard Cover. Fine-/Not Issued with Dust Jackets. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. The Century Co.: Hardcover
1890026584The Century Co.: 1890. This is Volume 5 from the 10 volume set. 460 pages illustrated. VERY GOOD HARDCOVER gilt upper page edge. Olive green cloth covers or the Blue-Green cloth I have both volume 5's. Lettering is bright on the spine. A nice clean tight copy. Hard Cover. Fine-/Not Issued with Dust Jackets. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. The Century Co.: Hardcover
1868020311New York: Harper and Brothers 1868. Wraps. Fair. Folio. Illustrated wraps. Folio. Pagination runs 401-416. Black and white photos and illustrations throughout. Single issue of this journal this featuring a full page front cover political cartoon by Thomas Nast. Titled "The Political Niagara-A Drowning Man Catches at a Straw" the work depicts the Democratic Party just about to go over the falls grasping at a cane that bears the head of an African American man with a sign to the write mentioning the S.P. Chase as their candidate for president. A US flag in the distance reads Grant/Colfax. Nasr and Harper's were politically aligned with Lincoln and his Republican Party with Nast perhaps alluding to African Americans as a way to gain political salvation for the Democratic Party. Interior features a part of "The Moonstone" by Wilkie Collins as well as a large illustration accompanying an article detailing a duel between two African American men near Savannah Georgia but apparently in South Carolina. The duel was between Jackson Brand and Eugene Moorehead as the result of alleged political loyalties. Moorehead apparently was part of a conservative group to which Jackson Brand had recently joined having previously been a Republican. A duel with shotguns was fought with Brand mortally wounded. FAIR/GOOD condition. Horizontal fold crease present. Moderate toning with some soiling and offsetting. Some chipping and tearing mostly along the fore edge. Pages 411-416 with a 2 inch triangular piece torn off from the fore edge affecting some text. Pages 407-416 have a tear at the upper middle right small at first and increasing larger toward the end affecting text and illustrations in that area. Harper and Brothers unknown
1865019501New York: Mrs. Grundy Publisher 1865. Wraps. Poor. Side folding journal. Pagination runs 33-42. Front cover illustration by Thomas Nast. Political cartoons throughout. Fourth issue of this short lived periodical attempting to pick up where Vanity Fair left off. Some of those associated with the journal had worked on Vanity Fair. Mrs. Grundy played a critical observer on the American political scene and supported the Reconstruction as envisioned by Andrew Johnson. The journal ran for a total of 12 issues before closing due to a lack of subscribers. Political satire and commentary throughout including a poem written in dialect from the point of view of an African-American who feels abandoned by the US government. Also present is a full page illustration by Thomas Nast titled "Death on the Rails." POOR condition. Slightly ex-library with faint blindstamp on the front cover. The whole journal is very fragile and brittle with all pages DETACHED from each other. Moderate toning some soiling and moderate to heavy chipping and tearing along the edges. Pencil note on the upper front cover. Mrs. Grundy, Publisher unknown
1799005503Newburyport MA: John Mycall Printer 1799. First Edition. Pamphlet. Poor. Pamphlet lacking and wraps and endpapers that may have been issued. Pagination runs from 3 to 134 with all pages MISSING after 134 135/136. With printer's device at the top of the first page of text and an ornately presented first letter of the text. According to his gravestone in Newburyport Murray took part in recruiting volunteers for the Continental Army. This work presents his sermons focusing on Romans V.I. POOR condition lacking and wraps and endpapers as well as pages 135/136. Collated and otherwise complete. Appears disbound from a larger work with white cloth tape and a strip of modern paper along the binding edge of the title page. Moderate to heavy browning to the paper. Minor scattered soiling foxing and staining throughout. Fore edges of the first several pages chipped curled torn and worn with some loss. Upper corners curled over. Minor chipping and tearing along the lower extremity. Tears repaired at the center fore edge of the title page somewhat crudely done with a 3 inch and 1 inch paper patch. Heavy chipping tearing creasing and curling to the last 30 or so pages along the core edge. Large tear to the lower corner of the last page. Several pages in the interior cropped close in the fore edge margins. John Mycall, Printer 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
1952022334Artcraft Press: 1952. 579 pages illustrated. "This single volume contains interesting source material in the form of original papers and unpublished diaries written by a gallaxy western authors whose contributions will long be remembered. This is copy no. 159 of the regular edition limited to 500 copies. Fold-out tipped in on the rear pastedown is present. FINE- HARDCOVER decorated reddish-brown cloth slight crease to the frontis. This is Volume VII of the Original Contributions to Western History. Hard Cover. Fine-/No Dust Jacket Present. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Artcraft Press: Hardcover
1849005305Philadelphia: Carey and Hart 1849. First Edition. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. First edition. Dark brown ribbed cloth with decorations in blind. Xii 13-456 pp. With a frontis portrait. A detailed account of the life of John Peter Muhlenberg focusing primarily on his role in the American Revolution. Asked by George Washington to raise the 8th regiment of Virginia Muhlenberg and his forces participated in the Battle of Brandywine Germantown Monmouth and others as well as spending a winter at Valley Forge. Of note is a lengthy appendix reprinting many letters written by Muhlenberg and others offering first-hand accounts of battles military strategy and other aspects of the Revolutionary War. GOOD condition ex-library. Name in white on the spine with evidence of a removed pocket in the rear and a library pastedown at the inside front cover. No other markings. General fading to the cloth with minor soiling and scuffing. Several small areas of insect damage along the cloth of the front cover hinge more evident and extensive along the hinge of the interior front pastedown endpaper. Cloth chipped and frayed at the head and foot of the spine with fraying at the corners. Interior solid with scattered minor foxing and some browning to the paper along the extremities. Ownership signature and date on the first endpaper. Sabin 51250. Howes M879. Carey and Hart unknown
1797017595Boston: Printed at the Presses of S. Hall and Thomas and Andrews 1797. Leather. Poor. Full calf leather. Pagination runs A-QQQ 4. Only four out of seven maps called for are present MISSING the following three maps: the map of Northern States map of the Southern States and the map of South America. Maps of the Pacific Islands North America West Indies and Georgia present. An alphabetically arranged encyclopedia style work on the geography settlements and people of North and South America as well as islands in the Caribbean and South Pacific. This includes the east coast of Australia then termed New Holland. POOR condition. Front cover DETACHED with any front endpapers up to the frontis map MISSING frontis map is present. Leather scuffed frayed and worn along the extremities and hinges. A few small spots of staining to the covers. Previous owner's bookplate present. Text block solid and a bit toned. Howes M839. Sabin 50923. Printed at the Presses of S. Hall and Thomas and Andrews unknown
