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1926022001No Place: No publisher 1926. Cloth. Good. Clothbound scrapbook measuring 13 by 10 inches. String tied. Large ink block print of a man and woman dancing on the front cover with ink block print initials on the rear cover. Artwork presumably done by the owner. Thin paper stock in the interior. Approximately 57 photographs of various sizes including a few 8 by 10 inch photographs 5 by 7s and smaller as well as a few thumbnails. Many of the pages are empty. Other items in the interior include a program of camp exercises a few camp songs a homemade gypsy camp pennant two pages of notes from other campers to the owner a postcard of Gypsy Camp wrappers and labels etc. Photos consist of group photos or photos of individuals some depicting young women in Romani costumes some swimming horseback riding as well as photos of the Tree Top Inn main cabin etc. The owner and creator of this scrapbook was Dorothy Henderson who had an artistic touch in assembling this scrapbook as well as the art within. It appears she attended Gypsy Camp in 1926. Gypsy Camp originating in the early 1900s as an artist colony. The site 65 acres of land with some frontage along the Illinois River and located in Benton County Arkansas was purchased by Weesie and J.H. McAllister in 1921. Weesie McAllister envisioned turning the land into a summer camp for girls. The first building erected on the site was a three story structure that served as camp office residence for the McAllister family and dorm for the girls. Other structures were built in the late 1920s and eventually the camp could hold around 120 young women. The camp operated until 1978. It eventually fell into disrepair before being added to the National Register Historic District in 1988. Even so it was still empty until 2017. This scrapbook documents the early stages of Gypsy Camp as experienced by a young woman. GOOD condition. The scrapbook is generally solid. Some pages are loose and laid in with chipped and torn edges. Paper is rather brittle. No 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
2010030495Winoca Press: 2010. 538 pages. "Andrew Bean a teacher and farmer from small-town Bethel Maine answered the call to the Union infancy. His younger sister Eliza having found both employment and a suitable marriage in the bustling mill city of Lowell Massachusetts soon saw her husband Henry Foster enlist as well. In more than 150 revealing letters dispatched from camp and field and home front as well as Eliza Bean Foster's own diary the honor and horrors of war and play out on an intimate stage." FINE HARDCOVER FINE DUST JACKET signed by editor Ann Fox Chandonnet. Signed by Author. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Winoca Press: Hardcover
2005020779Columbia PA: The von Hess Foundation 2005. Cloth. Very Good. Grayish green cloth in cloth slipcase. 204 416 pp. Color photos throughout. A two volume work devoted to the Wright's Ferry Mansion a house originally built in 1738 and now restored to the year 1750. The books look at the house and its architecture its original owner English Quaker poet Susannah Wright its furniture decorative arts etc. VERY GOOD condition. Some fading to the spines. Minor bumping along the edges. Some offsetting to the slipcase with minor soiling. The von Hess Foundation unknown
1918021403No Place: No publisher 1918. Cloth. Good. World War I Hospital/Medical Worker Diary. 1918 France. In a Daily Reminder Calendar for 1918. Red cloth. 365 pp. one for each day of the year. No name/author given. Some entries rather faded and most written in pencil. Handwriting is sometimes illegible. We speculate the author may have been an officer in the AEF as many of their entries refer to daily inspections and they reference an officer training drill in one entry. Many entries also refer to lieutenants majors and other officers although very rarely giving names instead using a single initial. It appears they were part of the AEF's hospital unit with mention of being at a frontline ambulance medical facility run by French forces and called Ambulance de Bois Roger see Feb. 12. First entry for January 1st indicates the author was in Langres France with the AEF American Expeditionary Force and mentions that school is out and he took a walk. They describe waiting for orders eventually being moved to Liffol-le-grand and Camp Hospital 18 for the month of January. By Early February entries are from Field Hospital 101. A hand drawn map/plan of Ambulance de Bois Roger appears on February 12. They describe setting up a triage with plan. On February 17 "considerable artillery to the east" is mentioned and the author as well as their going to an abandoned trench on the ridge. German biplanes are referred to using the French term avion boche. Boche was a derogatory term for Germans and the word appears off and on in entries going forward including March 8th where it states "Some boche in the air." They also mention that two were killed. By April the author is back at Camp Hospital 18 another map/plan of the facility appears and Field Hospital 101. Entries pretty much cease by April 23 with a few scattered entries short a few long" through the rest of the book. In general the diarist discusses basic day to day operations at the various medical facilities as well as planning interactions with others basic orders etc. GOOD condition. Residue/staining on the front cover. General fading. Minor soiling and edgewear. Some bumping. No publisher unknown
021800No Place: No publisher. Unbound. Good. World War I Collection of Correspondence. Approximately 15 letters. Some with original envelopes. All circa August 1918 to November 1919. All single sheets 2 to 4 pages long handwritten. With two small cabinet card photos of a young woman. These letters were written by Admiral E.K. Moore from the Hotel Connor in Nice France as well as the American Hospital in France. They were written to the wife of Major John Knowlton no first name for the wife given in the letters unfortunately and regarded the health of Major Knowlton. Major Knowlton served as a doctor in France in World War I and it appears he became ill in the Summer of 1918 eventually being diagnosed with spinal meningitis. This caused him to lose his memory and resulted in a lengthy hospital stay. Because of this his wife was not originally notified. These letters from Admiral Moore describe Knowlton's health and improvement as well as his transfer to another hospital. It appears Knowlton eventually recovered fully and returned home to the US with some of the later letters addressing the gratitude apparently expressed by the Knowltons. All in GOOD condition with fold creases some toning and other general wear. Envelopes very worn. No 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
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
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
1871017328New York: Van Evrie Horton and Co 1871. Tabloid. Good. Side folding tabloid newspaper 8 pages long. issue of the being as the by-line states "devoted to white supremacy state equality and federal union." The paper was published by John H. Van Evrie described by historian George M. Frederickson as "perhaps the first professional racist in American history." He used this paper to promote baseless ideas of scientific racism and to validate his views. Contents of this issue include politics racist diatribes and other subjects with any news of African-Americans written to portray them in a negative light. Not content with limiting the paper's racism to the US it also looks at natives of the Fiji Islands news from Europe etc. GOOD condition with horizontal and vertical fold creases present as well as some creasing and wrinkling. Moderate to heavy chipping and small tears along the extremities with some tearing and holes along the fold creases with perhaps loss of text. Minor foxing/spotting. Van Evrie, Horton and Co 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
020983No Place: West Virginia Pulp and Paper Company. Wraps. Good. No place: 1942/43. Dark beige cloth. Unpaginated several hundred pages. Color and black and white illustrations throughout. A bound volume of sorts collecting 12 issues of Inspirations for Printers spanning the years 1942 to 1943. Original covers are preserved/included. Issued by Westvaco a mill and paper company originally known as the West Virginia Pulp and Paper Company. The company underwent a variety of acquisitions through the later 1900s and 2000s and is now essentially part of the Verso Corporation. Each issue here depicts ideas for printing and advertising demonstrating various printing techniques various papers artists and photographers. Artists with artwork present include Thomas Hart Benton Miguel Covarrubias Salvador Dali Fernand Leger Henri Matisse Picasso Edward Steichen and others. Many pieces relate to World War II either promoting the US Armed Forces or envisioning air travel after the war was over. GOOD condition. Moderate to heavy toning especially to the spine. Minor soiling. Heavy scuffing along the extremities. Paper toned in the interior with very minor scattered soiling. West Virginia Pulp and Paper Company 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
1886018996Rhode Island: WCTU Rhode Island Publisher 1886. Unbound. Very Good. Cream colored silk ribbon with purple printing and fringed ends. 6 ¾ by 2 1/8 inches. A ribbon issued by the Women's Christian Temperance Union WCTU of Rhode Island reading "Our Jubilee Year April 7th. Praise ye the Lord. W.C.T.U. of Rhode Island. Sept. 28-30th 1886." Presumably issued for its annual convention. The Women's Christian Temperance Union was founded in Ohio in 1874 with the principal goal of promoting temperance through religious moral and other methods. It eventually expanded its mission to include social reform such as suffrage child labor etc. The Rhode Island chapter was successful in helping to pass a prohibition law in the state in 1886 although it was repealed in 1889. VERY GOOD condition. A few small spots of brown staining in the center of the ribbon. WCTU Rhode Island, Publisher unknown
1887019235Rhode Island: WCTU Rhode Island Publisher 1887. Unbound. Good. Cream colored silk ribbon with purple printing and fringed ends. With a sewn fold over flap at the top. About 6 ½ by 2 1/8 inches. A ribbon issued by the Women's Christian Temperance Union WCTU of Rhode Island reading "W.C.T.U. of Rhode Island/With Love of Mrs. Barney/Psalms 68-28./State Convention/at/Newport/ Sept. 27 28 & 29 / 1887." Presumably issued for its annual convention. The Women's Christian Temperance Union was founded in Ohio in 1874 with the principal goal of promoting temperance through religious moral and other methods. It eventually expanded its mission to include social reform such as suffrage child labor etc. The Rhode Island chapter was successful in helping to pass a prohibition law in the state in 1886 although it was repealed in 1889. It's presumed that the Mrs. Barney referred to on the ribbon is Susan Hammond Barney a social activist lecturer and first president of the Rhode Island W.T.C.U. VERY GOOD condition. Minor toning and curling. WCTU Rhode Island, Publisher unknown
1888019424Rhode Island: WCTU Rhode Island Publisher 1888. Unbound. Good. Cream colored silk ribbon with purple printing and fringed ends. With a sewn fold over flap at the top. About 6 ½ by 2 1/8 inches. A ribbon issued by the Women's Christian Temperance Union WCTU of Rhode Island reading "W.C.T.U. of Rhode Island. State Convention at Providence Sept. 18-19-20 1888.Greetings Remembrance. Compliments of Providence Union" Presumably issued for its annual convention. The Women's Christian Temperance Union was founded in Ohio in 1874 with the principal goal of promoting temperance through religious moral and other methods. It eventually expanded its mission to include social reform such as suffrage child labor etc. The Rhode Island chapter was successful in helping to pass a prohibition law in the state in 1886 although it was repealed in 1889. GOOD condition. Minor toning and curling with light soiling and staining. WCTU Rhode Island, Publisher 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
021455No Place: No publisher. Hard Cover. Very Good. Oblong format old photo album. 30 leaves with photographs on both sides. Each page averages around 10 photographs per page so we estimate there are around 600 photographs total give or take a few. This photo album belonged to Lillian F. Jones nee Geary and depicts her friends and family at a variety of locations. Names of many of the people were added underneath at a much later date as indicated at the front of the album. Two handwritten leaves provide a "Who's Who" of the people included mentioning their relationships to others etc. Of particular note perhaps is one page devoted to photos of several young women in suffragette "costume" and holding small hand signs that say "votes for women" or "we vote next year." One of the latter also has the initials "NIT" in quotes. Another woman holds a sign reading "Officer Call a Cop." This was the title of a 1917 short film although we could find no reason to associate this with suffrage for or against. In the images the women are adopting clownish poses and it appears they have purposely blacked out a tooth or two and added moles. Because of this we feel that these women may be anti-suffrage. One photograph depicts a young man pulling on the hat of a young woman holding a sign. Other photographs depict young men and women swimming or posing at the beach at Brant Rock in Massachusetts. Several other pages chronicle two young women apparently visiting Provincetown Massachusetts swimming etc. Other photos are of Cushing Maine etc. Photo album is in VERY GOOD condition. Very little wear to the photos. Most are glued in and a few have detached. Minor toning to the photos. Photo quality is good and the shots are well done as is the layout. No 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
1831000816London: Printed for C.J.G and F. Rivington for the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge 1831. Half-Leather. Good/No Jacket. Volume one: 168 pages. With four illustrations as given in the book. Howes P305 calls for 5 plates but this seems to contradict the book's statement. Volume two: 168 pages with four illustrations. These travels by Philips are imaginary as is Philips but contain previously published accounts tied together with the narrative device of the imaginary traveler. Travels in North America contains most of Lewis and Clark's account of their trip through the American West told in somewhat different form. The Mississippi River New Orleans St. Louis the Ohio River slavery Native Americans and other topics are covered giving again truthful facts about America in the guise of an imaginary narrator. Travels in South America is written in the same manner and the preface to it states as much. In half leather with marbled boards. In GOOD condition. Moderate to heavy scuffing to the marbled boards. Extremities scuffed and worn with the corners bumped and rounded the spine pulled with minor loss of leather to the head. Small chip of leather missing from the center backstrip. Leather scuffed along the hinges. The inner text is clean and tight with very minor foxing to the preliminaries. Nice copy of this rather hard to find work a later edition in GOOD condition. Three copies of this edition found in OCLC Travels in North America. None found for Travels in South America. Photos available upon request. Printed for C.J.G and F. Rivington for the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge unknown
1822023997by the Author Printed By S. Converse. 1822. 527 pages with the errata slip tipped in back of book. This is Volume 4 only of the 4 volume set as issued. FINE- HARDCOVER bound into modern maroon cloth boards gilt lettering is bright on the spine. Paper edges are roughly cut as originally issued. Hard Cover. Fine-/Not Issued with a Dust Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. by the Author, Printed By S. Converse. Hardcover
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