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1949019946Chicago: No publisher Given 1949. Wraps. Good. No publisher given. Chicago: 1949. Single sheet folded into four pages. Black and white photos and illustrations abound! With a stated circulation of 50880. Fifth issue of this small magazine issued by the Kukla Fran and Ollie Show essentially an early fanzine for fans of the show. The Kuklapolitan Courier began in 1948 increasing in circulation until 1950 when it changed to a book format and was issued as a yearbook. Kukla Fran and Ollie was ostensibly a television show for children created by Burr Tilllstrom in 1947. It involved puppets interacting with a woman Fran. Using subtle humor based on the characters of the show Kukla Fran and Ollie became more of a hit with adults and ran in various formats from 1947 to 1957. This issue of the Courier celebrates the show going national behind the scenes photos and a subtle advertisement for RCA one of the show's sponsors. GOOD condition. Horizontal fold crease present. General toning. Minor soiling creasing and wrinkling. No publisher Given 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
1879020827New York: Lynch Cole and Meehan 1879. Wraps. Good. no date circa 1879. Plain wraps. 123 pp. plus ads. Illustrations throughout. A monthly almanac accompanied by accounts of Ireland Irish history and historical figures including a biography of Robert Emmett; a history of Dublin Ireland; an account of the almost finished St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York; poetry etc. GOOD condition. Heavy toning to the wrappers with some dampstaining and minor soiling. Extremities of the book and covers rather scuffed with some curling. Heavy offsetting to the rear cover. Text block toned with minor scattered foxing and staining. Lynch, Cole and Meehan unknown
Designed by Robert I. Dothard; printed by E. L. Hildreth Company; set in Linotype Baskerville; on Worthy Special Paper. Tall 8vo. Bound by Russell-Rutter Co. in full maroon sheepskin, handsomely decorated in gold. Binding slightly rubbed. No slipcase. Old generic bookplates. Number 448 of an edition limited to only 1500 copies, signed by the artist. The leather binding on this edition is especially interesting. W35
1867016429Boston: Samuel A. Drake Publisher 1867. Half-Leather. Poor. Half leather with cloth boards. 333 pp. Fold out map tipped in on the title page. A collection of short accounts/histories originally written in the 1600s that chronicled various wars and struggles between Native Americans and early colonists in the New England region. This includes Drake's account of the rise of hostility between Native Americans and colonists asserting that if white settlers had not been haughty and arrogant and considered Native Americans as equals little hostility would have arisen. Reprinted tracts in this include: The Present State of New-England with Respect to the Indian Wars; A continuation of the State of New England being a farther account of the Indian War; A new and farther Narrative of the State of New-England; a True Account of the most Considerable Occurences etc.; The War in New-England visibly Ended King Philip Beheaded etc.; News from New England being a True and last account; A farther brief and true Narration of the late Wars risen in New England. Title pages to each tract reprinted. POOR/FAIR condition. Slightly ex-library with an institutional stamp on the title page. Covers essentially DETACHED hanging by threads which will probably give out with much further handling. Minor fading scuffing and soiling to the covers. Heavy scuffing to the leather along the extremities spine and hinges with tearing and loss to the leather along the backstrip. Interior solid but a bit toned. Map foxed and a bit creased/wrinkled. Sabin 20879. Samuel A. Drake, Publisher unknown
1919019109New York: Independent Corporation 1919. Wraps. Good. Color illustrated covers. Black and white photos throughout. Single issue of this journal devoted to current events world politics etc. This issue with an essay by William Sanders Scarborough on "Race Riots and their Remedy" in which he discusses racism and inequality in the United States that was brought into sharper focus during and after World War I asserting that African-Americans gained further knowledge about the extent of inequality in the US. Scarborough born into slavery became a classical scholar and served as president of Wilberforce University from 1908 to 1920. Also present is a look at drama and race relations discussing the growth of theaters catering to a Black audience. Somewhat tangential to this article are two photos of African-Americans displaced from their due to white racial violence. GOOD condition. Minor general toning and soiling with some wrinkling and creasing to the covers. Ink check mark on the lower front cover. Independent Corporation unknown
1797003829Dublin: Printed by A. Stewart for P. Wogan Old Bridge 1797. Full Leather. Fair/No Jacket. Calf leather. xxxiii 2 260 4 pp including ads in the rear. With a dedicatory epistle to the King of Sweden. A chronicle of the Incans in Peru recounting briefly their life and culture before the arrival of the Spanish including an account of several festivals. Most of this work describes the Spanish conquest of South America in particular Peru and the Incans and the actions of Pizarro. EX-LIBRARY in FAIR/GOOD condition. Date sticker and small circular sticker on the lower spine. Library bookplate on the inside cover. Purple ownership stamp on the fore edge inside front cover and one page in the middle of the text. Upper front hinge split and separating along the upper 3 inches. Moderate to heavy scuffing to the leather especially along the extremities. Minor soiling uneven fading and a few very minor stains present to the covers. Extremities bumped and worn. Text block solid with scattered foxing and minor soiling throughout. Heavy dampstain in the upper and lower gutter of the first few pages disappearing by the first dedication page. Sabin record 44653 does not list this particular printing year. Printed by A. Stewart, for P. Wogan, Old Bridge unknown
1853004531New York: P.T. Barnum and H.D. Beach Publishers 1853. Half-Leather. Fair/No Jacket. Marbled boards with leather binding.416 pages. A bound volume of this journal/newspaper founded and first published by P.T. Barnum. This work contains news and articles on items of interest from around the world and the United States. Of note is a four part reprint of Edgar Allan Poe's work on autography and the meanings behind signatures abridged and rearranged and a short poem by Horatio Alger Welcome to May. A map of Mecilla Valley a disputed territory around the area of New Mexico and of which the Gadsden Purchase centered around is present. This is accompanied by a short article relating details of the dispute p. 357. Also of interest are articles with illustrations on various ship and train wrecks Ericsson's caloric engine for use in ships articles on California gold the second Grinnell expedition in the Arctic the Baltimore and Ohio railway and Pettibone's tunnel the Naval Academy in Maryland Japan shad fishing clipper ships and Vanderbilt steam yacht Scuba divesr and apparatus p. 236 Arthur Spring the Philadelphia murderer Baltimore shot works p. 241 an African church in Cincinnati Parisian mantilla fashions as well as other Parisian fashions p. 308 and others The New York hippodrome p. 313 a railway calamity in Norwalk CT p. 333 Paterson railroad accident Parisian electric clock p. 341 Sicard's scuba apparatus p. 365 custom house in Charleston SC p. 373 a map of Central Park in New York p. 409. In FAIR condition. Binding very worn along the spines with the covers mostly detached and the leather backstrip torn and lifting away in several places. Moderate to heavy scuffing to the covers and extremities. Minor soiling and uneven fading. First two pages of the book very creased and wrinkled. Pages 173/4 269/70 and 401/2 are MISSING with pages 259/60 LOOSE and laid in. Pages 395-98 have a large horizontal tear at the center of the page. Large pencil scribbles on the first blank endpaper with a scribble to an illustration in the book. Text block solid but weakened with a few minor tears minor scattered dampstains and scattered minor soiling. P.T. Barnum and H.D. Beach, Publishers unknown
1930019812Hartford CT: Horace Bushnell Memorial Hall presumed Publisher 1930. Pamphlet. Good. no date presumed 1930 1931 Side stapled booklet. 8 pp. A program to an event celebrating the first anniversary of the Horace Bushnell Memorial Hall in Hartford Connecticut an event that featured Paul Robeson performing a song recital. Some online sources indicate that the hall was built in 1930 with Robeson performing in 1931. The booklet features instructions for those taking private cars a biography of Paul Robeson a program for the evening etc. Paul Robeson was a sports figure actor and singer as well as a leading civil rights activist for many years. Due to his perceived support of communism a 1952 performance in Hartford caused a riot of protesters. GOOD condition. Horizontal fold crease present. Moderate soiling and minor staining. Some wrinkling. Horace Bushnell Memorial Hall, presumed Publisher unknown
1794PHO-1886John Stockdale, Londres, 1794-1801, 3 volumes in-4 (275 X 225 mm), reliés plein veau marbré époque (restauration ancienne), pièce de titre rouge et de tomaison vert. Tome I, liv-494 pp., Tome II 520 pp, Tome III (1801) xix 443 pp., illustré de 3 frontispices, 11 cartes dont une en double feuille et dépliante (720 X 620) (cartes des Indes occidentales), 2 dépliantes Saint Domingo (250 X 225) et Jamaïque et 8 planches h.t., ex-libris en page de garde, déchirures aux pliures et brunissures en marge de la grande carte, frottements, griffures, pièces de titre et tomaison avec petits manques, quelques brunissures sur les titres et quelques feuillets.
1862022396Dover NH: George Wadleigh 1862. Cloth. Good. Marbled boards with cloth spine. 512 pp. This edition actually uses the 1831 edition's sheets adding a new title page from 1862. Original title page also present. Single volume edition reprinting in its entirety an early history of the state of New Hampshire spanning it's exploration and settling by white men in the 1620s up to 1790. This includes the obligatory look at various wars and skirmishes including the Revolutionary War as well as notable people early settlements etc. GOOD condition. Presumably a rebind of some sort. Minor fading scuffing and edgewear. Interior with minor toning. Small area of dampstaining to the lower margin of the first several pages. Many pages unopened along their top edges. George Wadleigh unknown
1836021243Boston: Otis Broaders and Company 1836. Cloth. Fair. Blue cloth covered boards with beige cloth spine presumed library repair. 294 pp. A history of the town of Rehoboth Massachusetts along with Seekonk and Pawtucket and other towns around the area. Focuses on the early settlement by white settlers drawing from and quoting many primary sources. FAIR condition. Ex-library. Spine label interior pastedowns and markings present. Spine perhaps rebound in library cloth. Heavy scuffing fading and wear to the covers. Moderate staining and some soiling to the covers. Extremities scuffed and worn. Minor to moderate scattered foxing throughout. Several leaves rather loose in the binding although still intact. Binding cracked and separating at the middle of the text block. Otis, Broaders and Company unknown
1847021453Boston: Samuel G. Drake Publisher 1847. Cloth. Good. Brick red cloth presumed later rebind. 146 pp. A work providing the early colonial history of the town of Roxbury in Massachusetts focusing primarily on the 1600s. Includes some information perhaps useful for genealogy. According to the introduction it appears there was supposed to be a second part to this work although it looks like it was never issued. GOOD condition. Ex-library with spine label interior pastedowns and stamping. Covers faded. Minor soiling and edgewear. Text block toned. Minor scattered soiling. Dampstain present along the lower page edges affecting the bottom margin only. Samuel G. Drake, Publisher unknown
1828016594London: John Murray 1828. First Edition. Half-Leather. Good. First edition. Half leather with marbled boards. Gilt compartments on the spine. Xx 551 pp. Third volumes of this history of Massachusetts published posthumously and partially covering events during Hutchinson's tenure as governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony with a focus on political events leading to the Revolutionary War. Thomas Hutchinson was an American politician and historian being a Loyalist. This allegiance to Great Britain forced him into exile prior to the American Revolution. GOOD condition. General fading and scuffing to the covers. Minor rubbing and bumping to the extremities. Armorial bookplate on the inside front cover. Sabin 34082. John Murray unknown
1924021545Boston: C.E. Goodspeed and Co 1924. Cloth. Good. Blue cloth. 871 pp. Two fold out maps and several photographs throughout. As the title sums up neatly this is an exhaustive history of the island of Nantucket off the coast of Massachusetts focusing on white settlers and ignoring any contributions to its settlement by indigenous people. It does assert that Vikings probably surveyed the island and the coast of Massachusetts well before Columbus. With a genealogy of early white settlers. GOOD condition ex-library. Spine label interior pockets pastedowns and markings present. Minor scuffing fading soiling and edgewear to the covers. Both interior hinges cracked and separating from the text block tenuously holding on. Minor toning to the text block. C.E. Goodspeed and Co unknown
017026No Place: No publisher. Pamphlet. Good. The Hennepin Canal. Caption Title. No publisher place or date. Pamphlet perhaps lacking wrappers. Pagination runs 3-12 with a fold out supplement page in the rear. Text complete. A short work discussing the upcoming construction of the Hennepin Canal suggesting that the eastern terminus at the Illinois River to be constructed first with the terminus in the Mississippi River to be selected after consideration of surveys. The Hennepin Canal was originally conceived of in the 1830s as a way to connect the Illinois River to the Mississippi River enabling a greater trade in commerce through more transportation options. Politics war and other obstacles delayed its construction until the 1890s. Completed in 1907 it operated in limited capacity until the early 1950s. After shutting down it eventually became a recreational area. GOOD condition. General toning. Minor soiling. Small tear at the lower fore edge. Some creasing and wrinkling. No publisher unknown
1969119048New York - London, Monthly Review Press 1969 In-8 20 x 13,5 cm. Broché, couverture blanche, auteur & titre en noir sur le dos et le premier plat, 506 pp., notes bibliographiques, index, table des matières. Exemplaire en bon état.
013720New York: Virtue and Yorston. Half-Leather. Good. no date presumed circa 1867 or 1877 based on a date on the half title illustration of volume three and a misbound map in the same volume with a date of 1877. Half leather with brown cloth. Small folios. 664 680 738 pp. All illustrations present as called for although a map from volume 3 is misbound in volume one with a few other portraits misbound or DETACHED and laid in. A reprint of this work originally published under the title "The War with the South" and issued in parts. This edition continued and finished by Benjamin Smith. A general history of the Civil War looking at the various battles campaigns notable figures etc. GOOD condition. A few illustrations detached but present. Heavy scuffing to the leather along the extremities and spine with general fading and otherwise minor scuffing to the covers. Minor soiling and staining to the covers. Interiors with light scattered soiling and uneven heavy toning to some of the pages. Some foxing to some of the plates. See Dornbush Volume 3 #257 for this work with a Worthington imprint. Virtue and Yorston 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
197178981New York, Cooper Square Publishers, 1971, in-8°, 335 pp, 8 gravures et portraits dont le frontispice et une carte, biblio, index, reliure toile éditeur, dos lisse avec titres dorés, bon état. Texte en anglais
1855020740Dover NH: Free-Will Baptist Printing Establishment. William Burr Printer 1855. Wraps. Good. Printed wraps. Approximately 4 by 3 inches. 96 pp. A work combining a monthly almanac along with reports of statistics from various meetings of Free-Will Baptist chapters in Maine New Hampshire New York and elsewhere. This includes names of preachers towns etc. Obituaries of recently deceased preachers provided. Of note are handwritten annotations/notes in the almanac section remarking on the deaths of wives of preachers or other Free-Will Baptist members the raising of a barn a yellow fever outbreak etc. GOOD condition. Toning some soiling minor spotting staining and discoloration to the covers. Minor tearing to the paper along the spine. Minor scattered foxing in the interior. Free-Will Baptist Printing Establishment. William Burr, Printer unknown
1857021052Dover: Free-Will Baptist Printing Establishment. William Burr Printer 1857. Wraps. Good. Printed wraps. Approximately 4 by 3 inches. 96 pp. A work combining a monthly almanac along with reports of statistics from various meetings of Free-Will Baptist chapters in Maine New Hampshire New York and elsewhere. This includes names of preachers towns etc. Obituaries of recently deceased preachers provided. Of note are a few handwritten annotations/notes in the almanac section listing a few deaths the cost of items purchased such as seed etc. GOOD condition. Toning some soiling minor spotting staining and discoloration to the covers. Minor scattered foxing in the interior. Free-Will Baptist Printing Establishment. William Burr, Printer unknown
1862021184Dover NH: Free-Will Baptist Printing Establishment. William Burr Printer 1862. Wraps. Good. Printed wraps. Approximately 4 by 3 inches. 96 pp. A work combining a monthly almanac along with reports of statistics from various meetings of Free-Will Baptist chapters in Maine New Hampshire New York and elsewhere. This includes names of preachers towns etc. Of note are a few handwritten annotations/notes in the almanac section that comment on the Civil War. This includes mention of battles at Richmond Fort Donelson and elsewhere; the call up of 750000 men then 300000 men and the fear among the "young" presumably about being called up; the firing of McClellan; a note reading "report of McClellan retreating doubtful true" yellow fever in New Orleans etc. The writer also lists a few deaths storm damage fires the commencement of haying etc. No owner's name present. GOOD condition. Toning some soiling minor spotting staining and discoloration to the covers. Minor scattered foxing in the interior. Free-Will Baptist Printing Establishment. William Burr, Printer unknown
1911021486East Aurora NY: The Roycrofters 1911. First Edition. Quarter Leather. Very Good. Paper covered boards with a leather spine. 130 pp. SIGNED with a lengthy inscription by Marilla Ricker on the first endpaper. The inscription reads in part "So far as I've heard no Christian has arisen to state that the morals of the Rev. Clarence Richeson were contaminated by reading the works of Paine or Ingersoll. The Rev. claims to be a product of the Christian bible and he's still talking of his god and his bible." Ricker is referring to Clarence Richeson an on and off again minister for a variety of congregations who apparently suffered many bouts of insanity and was hospitalized several times. He also was engaged to many young women sometimes several at once. In 1911 he poisoned and murdered Avis Linnell and was sentenced to death. He was executed in early 1912. Given that the reverend was alive until early 1912 it is possible this was inscribed sometime in late 1911. A collection of four essays on four figures in history: Robert G. Ingersoll Thomas Paine John Calvin and Jonathan Edwards as well as an essay asking "What is Prayer" Ricker reflects on Robert G. Ingersoll his agnosticism and skill as an orator as well as his advocacy for freethought and questions Theodore Roosevelt's criticisms of Thomas Paine among other subjects. Marilla M. Ricker was the first woman admitted to the NH bar as well as being admitted to the bar in Washington DC in 1882. She pushed for prison reform and worked free of charge for many of her clients. Ricker was also a strong advocate for women's suffrage being the first woman to attempt to vote in New Hampshire arguing that she had a right to do so as a property owner in Dover NH. She also was a key figure in the freethought movement. VERY GOOD condition. Minor soiling and edgewear to the covers. Leather rather scuffed along the hinges. Minor toning in the interior. The Roycrofters unknown
[4], 32 pp. "This collection of West Indian spirituals and folk tunes is dedicated to those West Indians who have kept this part of their culture alive through the years, and is published in the hope that the present and future generations of my people may preserve the music and culture which is their unique possession. In presenting this volume I acknowledge the debt I owe to those who were able to recall and sing me songs they had heard during their childhood and later years". p.[3]. "Edric Connor [1913-1968] was a Caribbean singer, folklorist and actor who was born in Trinidad and Tobago". - Wikipedia. Includes piano sheet music and lyrics for these songs: The Lord's Prayer, Murder in de Market; The Virgin Mary Had a Baby Boy; Mercy Pourin' Down; Ogoun Belele; Time for Man Go Home (The Monkey Song), "Death, Oh Me Lawd", Papa Didn't Know. Name atop front cover otherwise unmarked with somewhat above-average wear. Covers discreetly secured with thread. A worthy vintage copy of this precious compilation. Sheet music