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1873405581Boston: I.N. Richardson & Co 1873. A very good copy with wear at ends of spine hinges cracked some pale foxing. 8vo. 720 pages ads at end. Original green embossed cloth gilt-lettered on spine. Reprint after the 1872 first edition. Beginning as a humorist in the late 19th century David Ross Locke took on the pseudonym "Petroleum V. Nasby" in a series of letters entitled the "Nasby Letters." In them he impersonates a Copperhead and Democrat in his support of the Confederacy. <br/><br/> I.N. Richardson & Co hardcover books
188044397Toledo Ohio: Locke Publishing Co 1880. 1st published in 1872 cf. BAL 11826. This edition: Zinman 1190. Blindstamped purple cloth binding. Sample spine to front paste-down. Cloth dull. Discoloration along spine. Very Good. Specimen pages & plates. Broadside description of volume & prices followed by lined horizontally-oriented subscriber pages. Illustrations by Thomas Nast. 8vo. <br/><br/> Locke Publishing Co hardcover books
1900178304Japan.: No publication details. Late Meiji circa1900. Mimeograph handbill printed on one side showing signs of wear browned with 7 cm vertical stain from upper margin horizontal crease. 24 x 16cm This mimeographed document from Tide Water Petroleum an American company founded in New York in 1887 presents details about various oil types including high-gravity oil and "Chester oil". According to the document the former ignites at 150 degrees Celsius whereas the latter remains unfrozen even at minus 10 degrees Celsius. Furthermore the latter oil does not produce any odor when it undergoes combustion. . No publication details. unknown
