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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
021003No Place: Search Light Matches Publisher. Unbound. Very Good. No place or date perhaps late 1800s. Single sheet printed on both sides. Accordion folded as issued. Approximately 10 by 4 inches. One side features a full color illustration of two women and two men each with a box of Search Light matches in their hand that when the paper is unfolded is lifted into the air. The rest of the piece is advertising copy touting the matches' ease of lighting that they don't get eaten by rats they're nonpoisonous etc. VERY GOOD condition. General toning. Slight wearing away of ink to one of the figures. A hint of soiling. Search Light Matches, Publisher unknown
016478No Place: D.H. Athmer et al Publishers. Pamphlet. Good. No place or date 1946. Side stapled booklet. Front cover with an illustration of the ship and two mermaids. 8 pp. A newsletter issued aboard the USS Hugh L. Scott while on its voyage from Seattle on February 5 1946 transporting occupation troops to Jinsen now Incheon South Korea and Shanghai. The piece contains thanks from the troops to the crew a message from the captain and a day to day account of the trip including personal musings and account of drills. GOOD condition. Horizontal fold crease present. Moderate wrinkling creasing and toning. Minor soiling and staining. Edges worn. D.H. Athmer et al, Publishers unknown
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
019444Portland ME: G.W. Morris Publisher. Wraps. Good. no date circa 1900. Wraps string tied. Oblong format. 80 pp. Black and white photos throughout. A photo book depicting the port cities and villages along the Maine coast including Rockport Lubec Bar Harbor Camden and many others. Includes ocean scenery depictions of islands such as Monhegan etc. GOOD condition. Moderate soiling toning spotting and some staining to the covers. Minor edgewear. Large faint dampstain across the top edge of all the pages in the interior mostly affecting the upper margin. G.W. Morris, Publisher unknown
19791718<p>Charting the Discovery of Californias Capital from the arrival of German-born Swiss pioneer John Sutter to the area through to its first role as capital city. VG Large Format 11x9" Dec Brown Boards HB with tree logo Newspaper Repro Endpapers extensive previous owners sig on title pages. In similar VG Unpriceclipped John Beyer designed DJ. 207pp with index & bibliography ISBN ~ 144.50 ~ American Explorers Frontiersmen Sacramento San Francisco Sutters Fort Trappers ~ American History</p><p>Personal dedications inside front cover. DJ in protective cover. Dark brown cloth boards. Tight binding.</p> California Historical Society hardcover
1952009919No Place: United States Lines Publisher 1952. Unbound. Good. Stated Preliminary March 1952 Reprint. A large fold out brochure measuring approximately 48 by 9 inches when unfolded. Consisting of several pages stapled at the middle this presents a detailed floor plan of first class cabins and amenities on the cruise ship S.S. United States. With short advertising copy and information about the 'state of the art' aspects of the ship. The S.S. United States was a passenger cruise ship designed to US Navy specifications and subsidized by the US government as it was to be used as a troop transport ship in wartime should the need arise. It achieved speed records in crossing the Atlantic and was in service from July 1952 to 1969. GOOD condition. Some staining spotting and soiling to the piece with minor creasing wrinkling and edgewear. Staples rusted. United States Lines, Publisher unknown
020860No Place: John Mann Printer. Wraps. Good. No place or date perhaps Dover NH circa 1827 according to New Hampshire Historical Society information. Plain blue wraps. 12 pp. Rules and regulations for a private firefighting organization made up of community members in Dover New Hampshire. As Dover did not have a city supported firefighting unit social groups were formed to handle the duties. The first one was formed in 1795 and this appears to be one of several others formed after that. The piece outlines rules of governance but also outlines duties of its members including keeping two leather buckets and bags at their residences and responding to fires as soon as possible. Like any good "society" in the 1800s it appears this had a secret "watch" word that members were to give when asked for. Since there were several organizations in operation at the time rivalries were developed and it is possible this secret word kept people honest. A roster of members is included at the end with some names handwritten. GOOD condition. Rear cover and last leaf with a one inch jagged tear at the upper for edge with some associated creasing. Minor ink staining and soiling to the covers. Some dampstaining present to the wrappers with minor soiling and uneven fading. A few tick marks in the text. John Mann, Printer unknown
020465No Place: No publisher. Wraps. Good. No publisher place or date. Presumed circa 1940-1948 based on room rates and the original name present of the Murphy Hotel. Photo illustrated wraps. 16 pp. A miniature guidebook to museums and tourist attractions in Richmond Virginia as well as several hotels William Byrd John Marshall Murphy and Richmond hotels. Includes photos of the Valentine Museum the Edgar Allan Poe shrine etc. GOOD condition. Minor fading. Some curling and scuffing along the edges. Small crease to the upper rear cover. No publisher unknown
1815016534Washington City: Roger C. Weightman Printer 1815. Pamphlet. Good. Pamphlet disbound from a larger work and lacking any wrappers issued. 4 pp. A short piece bestowing gratitude and honor upon the citizens of New Orleans and Louisiana for their actions during the War of 1812. GOOD condition. Some dampstaining soiling spotting and staining to the paper. Minor chipping and loss along the extremities. Roger C. Weightman, Printer unknown
1849012856Boston: Eastburn's Press 1849. Wraps. Poor. Printed wraps MISSING rear wrapper. 79 pp. With a large fold out map of the Boston and Maine Railroad. A report offering business and financial accounts of the Boston and Maine Railroad discussing land owned business transactions and finances capital etc. Issued due to coincide with the issue of more stock in the company. POOR condition MISSING rear wrapper. Heavy soiling and staining to the front wrapper and several rear pages including black spotting and staining. Moderate to heavy dampstaining throughout with scattered soiling. Front wrapper heavily creased torn and folded along the spine. Map somewhat misfolded with a tear and some soiling/staining. Overall POOR condition sold primarily for map with the rest of the piece perhaps best considered a working copy. Eastburn's Press 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
1956021525No Place: No publisher 1956. Unbound. Good. Various places and dates. Dates range from April 25 1956 to June 27 1956. 14 leaves printed on single sides only. It appears most are copies of originals but a few may be original as well. All these letters stem from a proposal letter written by Ambassador Whiting Willauer to his friend and insurance executive from whose estate these came. Willauer mentions his troubles with some Chinese refugees he sponsored which made him ponder the possibility for some sort of insurance for sponsors of refugees to cover financial losses in case the refugees are not able to fulfill their obligations stipulated in the Refugee Act of 1953. The letters are between other US insurance executives pondering options and feasibility with the eventual conclusion that the proposal was not practical. The act itself was meant to accommodate 200000 refugees affected by communism. The earliest letter is from US Ambassador Whiting Willauer on "The Foreign Service of the United States of America" letterhead and apparently written from Honduras where Willauer was serving at the time. Notably Willauer along with Claire Chennault established the Civilian Air Transport Company in China in 1946 selling it to the CIA in 1950 although not resigning from the company until 1954. At this time he became ambassador to Honduras and worked directly with the CIA in Guatemala in support of their operation to overthrow its government led by Jacobo Arbenz Guzman see Wikipedia for previous information-or misinformation. Willauer's letter does bear a signature but we have not authenticated it in any way. These are from an executive of a very large international insurance firm name of owner and firm withheld for privacy. The owner was a highly placed executive in an insurance company and travelled throughout the world extensively. They were active in politics through donations and fundraising and it appears their family was friendly with the Roosevelts especially Eleanor Roosevelt. The previous owner's work for the insurance company led them to meet with various heads of state worldwide including US government officials. Some of the people associated with this firm were also involved in World War II activities including financing the Flying Tigers in China as well as work for the OSS using knowledge gained from insurance work. While we have not found any direct connection to intelligence work by this owner their ties to those who did are strong. GOOD condition. Letters mounted by metal clip in a manila folder. Some wrinkling to the letters with a few handwritten notes to some of them. No publisher unknown
1782CA0094lii315 pages. Octavo 8" x 5 3/4" bound in full leather with gilt lettering to spine. Translated with notes by Pedro Varela y Ulloa. Palau 196692. First Spanish edition.<br /><br />A text that engaged the well-studied debates about the natural history of the Americas and Spain's colonial history. In 1780 in Venice Juan Nuix published Riflessioni imparziali supra l'umanita degli spagnuoli nell' Indie contro i pretersi filosofi e politici. Nuix a Catalan living in Italy since the expulsion of the Jesuits wrote the book to defend Spanish colonialism and historiography against the attacks of Robertson and Raynal. It sailed by the censors in the Council of the Indies and two separate translations appeared in succession one in 1782 edited by a member of the Royal Council Pedro Varela y Ulloa and another in 1783 by Joseph Nuix Juan's brother. The Spanish edition sponsored by the crown opened with an essay by Varela y Ulloa in which he first offered a searing Critique of traditional forms of colonialism not unlike that put forth by Raynal. After describing military campaigns in foreign lands from Alexander the Great to Genghis Kahn as butcheries Varela y Ulloa went on to claim that the Spanish colonialism was unique. The crimes attributed to Spain in the Indies had been committed by private individuals who did not represent the nation as a whole and who had acted as they did while surrounded by hungry cannibals. Moreover compared with the atrocities committed by other European colonial powers the actions of the Spaniards looked like misdemeanors. Varela y Ulloa's effort to portray Spanish colonialism as unique benign captured the essence of Nuix's thesis well. Nuix's defense of the record of Spanish colonialism opened with passages that sought to bolster his credibility by stressing that he was a Catalan and that Catalans had not really participated in the Spanish colonization of the Indies so that he could not be accused of being partisan. He then articulated a five-pronged defense of Castilian colonial behavior in America seeking to demonstrate the unreliability of the sources used by Robertson and Raynal and of their interpretations. Nuix First set out to prove that charges of Spanish cruelty to Amerindians were exaggerations originally put into circulation by writers such as Las Casas whose reports on the destruction of the Indies were at the root of most foreign criticisms of Spain. According to Nuix Las Casas was of Flemish origin which explained why he had sought to undermine Spain. Las Casas also often contradicted himself Nuix argued no impartial jury could trust such "an inept" witness. Foreign historians who had echoed Las Casas's allegations were not credible either not Robertson whose moderation had prompted him to dismiss Las Casas. Robertson had selected and reinterpreted the testimony of Spanish witnesses when recounting various colonial massacres. Instead of quoting them moreover Robertson had manipulated the testimony of witnesses to depict the Amerindians as passive victims of Spanish cruelty. History was not a matter of interpretation however but of faithfully presenting the testimony of witnesses and in that respect Robertson lacked credibility. In order to prove that Spaniards in America had not behaved like greedy barbarians Nuix argued that the alleged depopulation caused by the Conquest was the product of factors outside human control. The infantile susceptibility of the natives to disease for example was why epidemics had wiped them out. The barrenness of the Americas and the idleness of the originally small number of natives had moved the conquerors to create economies based on mining and large estates. Such economies along with the foreign monopoly on colonial trade not Spanish cruelty and greed Nuix contended were responsible for having slowed both markets and population growth.<br /><br />Condition:<br /><br />Provenance: Book plate of Alberto Parreño formerly president of the Cuban Chamber of Commerce in New York to front paste down. Spine head chipped rubbing to edges and corners very crisp internally else about a very good copy. Joachin Ibarra hardcover
1770016247London and Berlin: No publisher 1770. Cloth. Good. Library binding red cloth. 366 28; 136 pp. All text in French. Volume two only of this study of the people climate and animals of North America. By Cornelius de Pauw a Dutch philosopher who despite never visiting America considered himself an expert on the country. He insisted that Native Americans were inferior to Europeans degraded by an inferior climate and asserted that Europeans that moved to America also became degraded. He routinely dismissed evidence to the contrary such as the Aztec calendar. With a rebuttal to de Pauw's work by Dom Pernety. GOOD condition. Ex-library with call numbers on the spine interior pastedowns and stamping. Minor soiling scuffing and fading to the covers. Small dampstain to the rear cover. See Sabin for a variety of records for these works. No publisher unknown
1879021476Chicago: Invitation Committee of the Reception to Gen. U.S. Grant presumed Publisher 1879. Unbound. Good. no date presumed 1879. Single sheet folded into four pages roughly 8 by 5 ½ inches when folded. Printed on the front of the first leaf and bottom half of the second leaf. Ornately decorated title present. An invitation to the Reception to General Ulysses S. Grant given to him in Chicago on the return from his post-presidency world tour. This invitation was addressed to L.L. Mills States Attorney inviting him to take part in the procession on November 12th in honor of General Grant's visit to Chicago. Upon accepting the invitation his position in line would be allotted. Printed signatures of Elliot Anthony and Woodbury M. Taylor present with a list of committee members printed in the interior. The procession presumably preceded the reception at the Palmer House where the Invitation Committee was located. This reception included many speeches honoring President Grant including the finale which was given by Mark Twain. According to accounts a good time was had by all. GOOD condition. Horizontal fold crease present with a 2 ½ inch tear at the fore edge along the fold. Some curling wrinkling and creasing to the piece. General toning minor soiling and staining. Invitation Committee of the Reception to Gen. U.S. Grant, presumed Publisher unknown
1884018123Chicago: Rand McNally and Co 1884. Unbound. Fair. Single sheet folded. 27 ¾ by 43 inches. Appears removed from a glue in binding of some sort. A map depicting the railroad lines across the United States and Southern Canada with North and South Dakota still mapped as Dakota. Insets of city maps include Boston New York Chicago St. Louis and others. Reverse with some ads including an illustrated advertisement for die punches for railroad use. Borders outlined in color. FAIR condition. Paper toned with very minor soiling. Thin paper stock being rather brittle. Some creasing and wrinkling present. Many small tears chips and creases at the intersection of the folds with very minor loss in a few sections. Rand McNally and Co unknown
1848017524No Place: Tippin and Streeper Printers 1848. Unbound. Good. Single sheet 2 pages disbound from a larger work. A collection of statements issued by the legislature of Texas rejecting the Wilmot Proviso that would have excluded slavery from territories acquired during the Mexican-American War. The authors consider slavery to be a "domestic institution" of the United States and state that they would "not submit to any law which prohibits the citizens of the southern states from taking their property to any territory which may be acquired from Mexico." The document urges support for the war through tariffs and other means. GOOD condition. Minor to moderate uneven foxing. Some creasing and roughness along the spine edge. Tippin and Streeper, Printers unknown
1956030052Hamish Hamilton: 1956. Published by Hamish Hamilton/Harper & Brothers: 1956 266 pages. Dust jacket design by Patricia Davey."Senator Kennedy has used wonderful skill in transforming the facts of history into dramatic personal stories. There are suspense colour and inspiration here but first of all there is extraordinary understanding of that intangible thing called courage." VERY GOOD HARDCOVER GOOD DUST JACKET. Dust jacket protected with a clear plastic acid-free jacket. This rare edition is the U.S. edition then published in UK by Hamish Hamilton. Pblished by Hamish Hamilton/Harper & Brothers: 1956 266 pages. Dust jacket design by Patricia Davey."Senator Kennedy has used wonderful skill in transforming the facts of history into dramatic personal stories. There are suspense colour and inspiration here but first of all there is extraordinary understanding of that intangible thing called courage." VERY GOOD HARDCOVER GOOD DUST JACKET. Dust jacket protected with a clear plastic acid-free jacket. This rare edition is the U.S. edition then published in UK by Hamish Hamilton. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall . Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hamish Hamilton: Hardcover
1832004862Concord New Hampshire: No Publisher 1832. Disbound. Fair. Proclamation Regarding Nullification December 10 1832. Published in the New Hampshire Statesman and State Journal Saturday December 22 1832. Concord New Hampshire: 1832. Vol. II-No.32. Single sheet Page 1 and 2 ONLY of this newspaper printing on the front page almost the entire proclamation by Andrew Jackson lacking the last 1 and ½ paragraphs which would have appeared on the last page of this paper now LACKING. An early printing of this important speech by Jackson declaring that one any one state did not have the authority to annul any federal law of the United States and declaring that South Carolina "stood on the brink of insurrection and treason." Jackson asserted in the speech that no state had the right to secede. This conflict arose from South Carolina's efforts to nullify federal tariffs that it considered were hurting its economy. Both the state and federal government prepared for possible military action to enforce their cause with a compromise eventually reached in 1833. In FAIR condition lacking the aforementioned last paragraphs. Upper left of the sheet torn with LOSS of text along the left margin of the first few paragraphs. Small area torn from the lower left margin not affecting text. General wrinkling and creasing to the paper with a horizontal fold crease present. Minor foxing staining and soiling. Some creasing and minor tearing along the upper edge. Small hole in the center of the paper at the title. No Publisher unknown
1914031643Albany: New York State Education Department 1914. First Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 120pp. i with frontispiece. Nice association copy. Bound in original burgundy cloth with largely clear and bright gilt lettering to front cover. Several small bumps to extremities of volume with light to medium wear in a few places on exterior and light soiling to cloth. Ink-stamp stamp reads "Compliments of Peter C. Jezewski Member of Assembly" to front free end paper else no markings to interior. Binding slightly shaken though generally firm <br/> <br/> New York State Education Department hardcover
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
019557New York: New York State Education Department. Pamphlet. Good. no date late 1942 early 1943. Single sheet 8 ½ by 11 inches folded in half to make four pages. Illustrated front cover and interior. A pamphlet praising women on the front cover for their war work effort in World War II and soliciting in the interior for 3000000 more women to join the war work force. The rear page has information about the local War Production Training Program in Richfield Springs New York. Gives information on class hours types of courses machinist's lathe etc. and transportation information. GOOD condition. Moderate to heavy scattered foxing to the piece. Minor soiling and staining. Pencil scribble on the front page. Some wrinkling and creasing. New York State Education Department unknown
019613No publisher. Unbound. Good. Political Campaign Contributions Thank You Letters. 1960s. Collection of Nine Letters plus other ephemera. No publishers. Places and dates vary. A collection of thank you letters from various candidates for office running in the United States ranging from Vice-President Hubert Humphrey to governor. All signed by the politicians and most accompanied by copies of the original donation letter. From the collection a private businessman who was evidently interested in helping the Democratic Party. Collection includes a 1956 telephone directory and guide to the Democratic National Convention; 1966 typed letter signed by Senator John Sparkman; 1966 typed letter signed by Senator Paul H. Douglas; 1966 typed letter signed by Governor of NH John W. King; 1966 typed letter signed by candidate Endicott Peabody; 1964 Johnson For President Committee letter signed by its treasurer; 1964 Gala Victory Party letter with tickets signed by dinner chairman; 1964 typed letter signed by Representative Eugene Keogh; 1964 typed letter signed by future Vice-President Hubert Humphrey along with a few other typed letters from various political campaign members. All in GOOD or better condition with letters stapled together some fold creases and other minor wear. A few with minor notes in pencil. No publisher unknown
020055Rutland VT: George E. Chalmers. Wraps. Good. no date but presumed circa 1924 based on Coolidge addressed as President. Side sewn wrappers with cardstock paper. 20 leaves printed on single sides only. A photo book depicting houses sites and the people of Plymouth Vermont focusing heavily on Calvin Coolidge and his roots in the town. GOOD condition. Moderate toning minor soiling and some wrinkling to the covers. Several small chips and tears along the extremities. George E. Chalmers unknown
