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1837228771837. 4.75" x 7.5" folded. 1 3 blank pp gilt edges. Old wax seal remnants with small blank edge tear caused by opening the seal. 'Hazzard Esq. New Port' in script on back. Very Good. A rare ephemeron of this railroad and early American railroad travel. The printed invitation is on the first page. The ticket is loosely affixed to blank page 3. It is printed 'Excursion Over the New York Providence and Boston Rail Road. November 10th 1837. 'Mr. Hazzard' is written in script on its verso. unknown books
26191Broadside 7.5" x 9.5" printed on blue paper using different typsettings. Two horizontal folds short closed tear no text loss. Docketted on verso. Good or Very Good.<br/><br/> Signed in type by John B. Jervis and Edwin C. Litchfield. The Resolution is printed after the explanation of the need for a new issue of stock. unknown books
1847JC12825Buffalo 1847. Ephemera. Very Good. Single leaf 244x200mm printed in numerous types; with flattened creases from folding and postmarked Buffalo. Notice regarding shares of stock payable 1 January 1848 to Samuel Henshaw & Son in Boston the Bank of the State of New York in NYC the Albany City Bank or to the treasurer of the company in Buffalo. The recipient has added a handwritten note at the bottom "Dec. 14th wrote to them to pay both installements." <br/><br/> unknown books
1994234647San Diego: Freedom Road 1994. 8p. approximately 8.5x11 inches paper toned. Headline story is on Stonewall's militant legacy. Freedom Road unknown books
18381646325th Cong. 2nd Sess. HD278. Washington 1838. 21 1 blank pp. Uncut untrimmed stitched. Scattered foxing. Good. unknown books
19012221875<p>Map of San Francisco: Showing points of special interest to attendants the Fifth International Convention of the Epworth League July 18-21 1901 folding map of 21" x 28" printed in black & red.With numbered locations of places of Methodist interest and historical. Verso of map with 23 panels detailing trips excursions to Yosemite Valley Southern California including Pasadena Redlands Riverside Palo Alto Santa Cruz Lick Observatory. Very good minor wear; short tears at folds.</p><p>San Francisco before the 1906 devastating earthquake.</p> unknown books
2010108521Queretaro: Poder Ejecutivo del Estado de Querétaro 2010. 30 cm. Second edition 307 pages color & b/w plates some fldg. maps diags. chts. grphs. plans elevations bibliographical references pages 219-227 color pict. d.j. OCLC 811267703 Detailed survey of indigenous culture patrimony including art rituals and festive events traditional craftsmanship and architecture. "I am pleased to present the second edition of the Technical Report that was presented to UNESCO in September 2008 for its nomination as Intangible Cultural Heritage ICH of Humanity. This work was the result of the combined effort of the indigenous communities of the semi-desert of Queretaro the support of the inhabitants of San Sebastián Bernal and the intervention of a multidisciplinary and inter-institutional team integrated since 2005 by the Government of the State of Querétaro." HKB Translation --Page 7. CONTENTS: Las culturas indígenas mexicanas en la mirada del mundo / por el Dr. Miguel León Portilla -- Relatoría histórica del expediente técnico -- Ficha de presentación y sumario -- I. Definiciones del elemento -- II. Descripción -- III. Contribuciones a la visibilidad la sensibilización y el dialogo -- IV. Medidas de salvaguarda -- V. Implicación y consentimiento de las comunidades -- VI. Inscripción en un inventario -- VII. Documentación -- VIII. Directorio y créditos -- IX. Documentos complementarios Poder Ejecutivo del Estado de Querétaro unknown books
194324999Jamaica N.Y.: Long Island Rail Road 1943. 4 pages; the first issue of this rail employee newsletter. Illustrated with a picture of Lillian Markowski of Cedar Manor pausing in her work as an engine wiper at Morris Park. ".she took over the job of her fiance who is now in the army." Headlines include noting the employees that were in the armed forces "What the White Report is and What it Means to You"; other pieces on women employees a 50 - year button awarded to conductor John O. Whaley; various letters; and other WWII - related transportation news. Approx. 8" x 10 1/2" size; light wear old fold lines; in very good condition. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Long Island Rail Road paperback books
195324881953. MOBILGAS 1953 FRIENDLY FOLLIES. LET'S BE FRIENDLY EXTRA FRIENDLY. A large folio-size folded cardboard sheet creating a four-page program. Contains music for three songs with special lyrics written by Fred Runyon for the 1953 Friendly Follies staged by the Cucamonga Road Show Company. The rear cover shows a photograph of the six-member company and is inscribed and signed "To Paulene" by five of the six cast members: Byron Keith Ray Guth Ben McAtee Shirley Mills and Dorothy Biegan- lacking is producer and pianist Arthur Anderson. Very Good two folds; several light stains. Scarce! $85.00. <br/><br/> unknown books
1992129921Madrid Spain: Museo Naval 1992. Hardcover. VG gift bookplate inside cover. Blue cloth boards gilt titles and decoration Black dust jacket with color illustration and gilt titles. 308 pp. Profusely illustrated in color. Jewels of Madrid's Naval Museum. Large and lovely illustrations. Museo Naval hardcover books
178653148Madrid: Por don Antonio de Sancha 1786. First edition small 4to pp. 12 400; contemporary full vellum manuscript title faded on spine; very good and sound. Three copies in OCLC as of 1/19 only one Dominican House of Studies in the US. Palau 41034. <br/><br/> Por don Antonio de Sancha hardcover books
17865210Madrid: Don Antonio de Sancha 1786. Sm. 4to. 12400pp. Cont. limp vellum somewhat soiled hand lettered spine with a few small chips. Old faded water stains throughout & a blue oval library stamp on title page partially obscuring the text beneath it. Palau 41034. Don Antonio de Sancha hardcover books
1994162186Caracas Venezuela: Museo de Bellas Artes 1994. Softcover. VG- Only light age seen with very slight soiling to white covers. White paper wraps French flaps 52 pp. 18 BW illus. Text is in Spanish. Issued in conjunction with a 1994 series of exhibitions of depictions of nudes in drawings photography and prints portrayed by a variety of artists. With essays by Marco Rodriguez del Camino Tomas Rodriguez and Corna Michelena. The exhibition checklist cites 69 pieces and about a dozen and a half are pictured here. One of 1500 copies. Rare. Museo de Bellas Artes paperback books
1985S11292Mexico City:: Fondo de Cultura Economica 1985. 1985. Reprint. Series: Seccion de Obras de Ciencia y TecnologÃa. 8vo. 173 pp. Index. Printed wrappers. Bookplate of Burndy Library. Near fine. ISBN: 9681619234 Fondo de Cultura Economica, (1985). unknown books
72727Other: Other. Very Good. SOFTCOVER. Large folding road map of Asia Minor and the Eastern Mediterranean. Very Good condition. 43" x 33." . Other paperback books
185240966New Haven: T.J. Stafford Printer 1852. First edition. Disbound. Removed from a larger volume else a very good copy chips to last three leaves of which two are blanks without loss of text. 24 pp. Sm. 8vo. To avoid ruinous rate wars railroads began to collude in earnest in the 1850s the first recorded meeting being that of the New England railroad companies in the winter of 1850-1851 followed then by this general railroad convention at Springfield Mass. called for by the principals of the New York and New Haven railroad to consider uniform train rules exchange of reports timetables and abuses in the issuance of free passes. The Ohio Railroad Convention thereafter met annually in the fifties. OCLC shows only eight locations: Lib. of Congress Amer. Antiquarian Soc. Harvard 2 Univ. Missouri Linda Hall Lib. Dartmouth and Univ. Denver. T.J. Stafford, Printer unknown books
188830736Chicago: The J. M. W. Jones Stationery and Printing Co 1888. 1st edition. Original pictorial wrappers. Some chipping to paper at spine ends with front wrapper starting to detach. Nevertheless a VG copy. 98 pp. Illustrated. 7-3/4" x 5-1/4" <br/><br/> The J. M. W. Jones Stationery and Printing Co unknown books
2000251630Alameda: ARC Press 2000. unpaginated 5.5x8.5 inches poems illustrated with drawings fine revised and expanded edition in wraps. San Francisco-based Filipina immigrant poet. Use of Tagalog is translated within parentheses. Laid in is an unsigned typed Christmas letter from the Estrada family. ARC Press unknown books
1970043907Madrid: Editorial Gredos 1970. 3a Edicion Renovada. 342p. original stiff printed wrappers mostly unopened Biblioteca romanica hispanica. III. Manuales 4. Editorial Gredos unknown books
1855466Chicago: ICRR 1855. Broadside sheet. 280 x 195 mm. 11 x 8 /12 inches. Printed on blue paper folded brown stain in center portion of the sheet otherwise quite a good sound copy. Rare ICRR broadside containing instructions to their agents regarding freight accounts and passenger business with emphasis on recording and submitting Monthly Reports on all activities at their stations. It is signed by R. B. Mason General Sup't and though undated is from the early 1850's. Col. Roswell B. Mason was associated with the Illinois Central Rail Road from its inception overseeing construction of the line from 1852 to 1856 until he resigned in 1869 to become Mayor of Chicago.  He was mayor during the fire of 1871 and used his power to declare martial law in its immediate aftermath. It is known that Abraham Lincoln served as counsel for Illinois Central in the early 1850s earning a fee of $5000 that occasion a law suit for nonpayment. Rare: this broadside in not among the Illinois Central Rail Road publications of the 1850s listed in OCLC. Not in Checklist of Ante-Fire Imprints 1851-1871. Not in Byrd Cecil B. Bibliography of Illinois Imprints 1814-1858 although three similar broadsides issued by Roswell Mason as General Superintendent are cited published in 1852 2 and 1855 1 all of which are in single copies at the Chicago Historical Society. (ICRR unknown books
191235822Montevideo: Libreria Cervantes 1912. First edition. Cloth. A very good copy original wrappers lightly worn. 318 pp. Sm. 4to. Palau 84328. Jones 2829. Libreria Cervantes hardcover books
199339221Guatemala: Fundación Paiz / Programa Permanente de Cultura 1993. 21.5x28cm. II Festival Internacional de Cultura Paiz La Antigua Guatemala 5 al 21 de febrero de 1993. 30p. b/w and color plates ports. bibl. ind. pict. wrps. Guatemalan painter b. 1920 known foremost for his work in the 1960's. Fundación Paiz / Programa Permanente de Cultura unknown books
2008105743Rio de Janeiro: Museu Nacional de Belas Artes MNBA 2008. 25 cm . Textos de. 92 pages b/w and color plates ports. cat. bios. bibliographical references pages 91-92 color pict. fldg. wrps. Errata slip inserted. Este livro foi elaborado por ocasião da exposição 'Gonzaga Duque: um crítico no museu' realizada no Museu Nacional de Belas Artes de 9 de outubro a 30 de novembro de 2008 com curadoria de Pedro Martins Caldas Xexéo"--Page 95. CONTENTS: Gonzaga Duque: a obra de arte e seu critico / Monica F. Braunschweiger Xexéo -- Gonzaga Duque: crítico de arte / Pedro Martins Caldas Xexéo -- Gonzaga Duque o crítico com intelectual / Vera Lins -- Catalogo -- Exposição Teixeira Lopes / Gonzaga Duque -- Biografias / Aline Carreiro Claudia Rocha Pedro Martins Caldas Xexéo -- Bibliografia de Gonzaga Duque -- Referencias bibliograficas Museu Nacional de Belas Artes, MNBA unknown books
199338797Caracas: Oscar Todtmann Editores 1993. 167p. color plates ind. color pict. d.w. in slipcase w/cut out design in frt. Many photographs of Venezuela's flowers. Text in Spanish and English. Oscar Todtmann Editores unknown books
1836016450Boston: Dutton & Wentworth Printers 1836. Book. Very good condition. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo 8vo. A bound volume containing a collection of ten publications relating to the Western Rail-Road Corporation from the incorporation in 1836 to 1840. The First Annual Report from 1836 is included twice. Bound in contemporary original three quarter leather which is moderately to heavily worn with the front board nearly detached. There is minor to moderate foxing and the final half of the text is lightly stained at the top corner. The 1836-37 Reports of the Engineers is complete with two fold-out maps which were printed on very thin onion-skin paper. These two maps have been detached and are misfolded with minor tearing as well as some foxing. A ready-made collection of the founding documents of this railroad company which starts in Boston winding its way across the state where it enters New York State at West Stockbridge. Dutton & Wentworth, Printers Hardcover books
