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A VINTAGE 1956 NEWS PHOTOGRAPH OF SENATORS HUMPHREY AND KNOWLAND WITH AMBASSADOR LODGE AT THE OPENING OF THE 11TH ANNUAL UNITED NATIONS ASSEMBLY

By: (United Nations). Lodge, Ambassador Henry Cabot; Humphrey, Senator Hubert H.; and Knowland, Senator William F

Price: $10.00

Publisher: 1956.: 1956.

Seller ID: 25321

Condition: Very good

1956.. 1956.. Very good. - sc This is an 7-1/4 inch high by 8-3/4 inch wide black & white news copy photograph with the text of press release photographed onto the bottom of the image. Such photos were copied by the newspaper from the original which were distributed by the International News Photos. The press release serving as caption for the photograph reads as follows: "N.Y. 386 INP SOUNDPHOTO...UNITED NATIONS, N.Y...11/12/56...Senator Hubert H. Humphrey; Senator William F. Knowland and U.S. Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge, representing the U.S. at today's opening of the eleventh annual UN...
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Image for HISTORICAL SKETCH OF VASSAR COLLEGE. FOUNDED AT POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y., JANUARY 18, 1861. Prepared in compliance with an invitation from the commissions of the bureau of education, representing the department of the interior in matters relating to the national centennial of 1876.

HISTORICAL SKETCH OF VASSAR COLLEGE. FOUNDED AT POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y., JANUARY 18, 1861. Prepared in compliance with an invitation from the commissions of the bureau of education, representing the department of the interior in matters relating to the national centennial of 1876.

By: (Vassar College).

Price: $395.00

Publisher: New York: S.W. Green, Printer, 1876.: 1876.

Seller ID: 96292

Condition: Good

THE RARE FIRST EDITION - Quarto, 11-5/8 inches high by 9-1/4 inches wide. Softcovers, bound in printed light grayish white wraps. The covers are stained, rubbed and soiled with pieces chipped out from the front edges of the front & rear covers and a couple of chips out from the top edge of the rear cover and a tiny chip to the top edge of the front. The spine has largely perished and there is a small tape repair near the bottom of the spine. [ii] & 54 pages, illustrated with a frontispiece map of "Vassar College and Grounds, Surveyed by the Class of '78 under Direction of Prof. Priscilla H...
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A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF PACIFIC NORTHWEST HISTORY

By: (Vaughan, Thomas; and Knuth, Priscilla)

Price: $10.00

Publisher: (Portland, OR): Oregon Historical Society, (1958).: (1958).

Seller ID: 31095

Condition: Good

(Portland, OR): Oregon Historical Society, (1958).. (1958).. Good. - Quarto, pictorial wraps. Heavily soiled with the spine chipped. 44 pp., printed by offset on the rectos only. Good.

A selective checklist for students and teachers.
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THE BREARLEY YEAR BOOK. Volume XXVI. 1945

By: (Vermeule, Emily Dickinson Townsend). Lincoln, Anne; Editor-in-Chief

Price: $20.00

Publisher: [New York]: (Brearley School), 1945.: 1945.

Seller ID: 30855

Condition: Good

[New York]: (Brearley School), 1945.. 1945.. Good. - Quarto [11 inches high by 8-5/8 inches wide], red cloth with the school's seal stamped in gilt on the front cover. The binding is bumped & there is some bubbling to the cloth of the covers. A small area of each cover is discolored & the tail of the spine is lightly chipped. Unpaginated. Profusely illustrated in black & white with photographic portraits, class photos, cartoons & drawings. Good.

From the library of Emily Dickinson Townsend Vermeule with numerous ink inscriptions to her from fellow students on the pastedowns and endpapers. ...
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GEORGE WASHINGTON: An Address by Isacc N. Phillips

By: (Washington, George). Phillips, Isaac N

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Bloomington, IL: Printed for private distribution, 1903.: 1903.

Seller ID: 16405

Condition: Very good

Bloomington, IL: Printed for private distribution, 1903.. 1903.. Very good. - Octavo, softcover bound in printed gray wraps sewn with red cord. The wraps are chipped & lightly soiled. There is a piece out of the top corner of the front wrap & the top corner of the rear wrap is torn & creased. There are small pieces out of the head & tail of the spine, part of the red cord is lacking & the lower 2-1/2 inches of the wraps are detached. 58 pages. Very good internally.

The compliments slip of Isaac N. Phillips is bound in at the title. Phillips was the Reporter of the Supreme Court of Illinois ...
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WASHINGTON IN DOMESTIC LIFE. From Original Letters and Manuscripts.

By: (Washington, George). Rush, Richard.

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Philadelphia, PA: J. B. Lippincott and Co., 1857.: 1857.

Seller ID: 34869

Condition: Good

Philadelphia, PA: J. B. Lippincott and Co., 1857.. 1857.. Good. - Octavo, dark green cloth titled in blind on front cover. The covers are rubbed, bumped & lightly stained; the spine is slightly faded with the head torn & the tail chipped. xiii & pp. [14]-85. There is dampstaining to the top edges of the endpapers & to the bottom edges of the front endpapers, flyleaf & following blank; there is a small stain to the title & light foxing to the prelims; the page edges are slightly darkened. Good only.

First edition. First Edition.
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Image for CONGRESSIONAL RESOLUTION DECLARING A "GENERAL EMBARGO" SIGNED IN PRINT by GEORGE WASHINGTON & JOHN ADAMS [in THE MASSACHUSETTS MAGAZINE. Or, Monthly Museum of Knowledge and Rational Entertainment. No. IV, Vol. VI - For April, 1794.

CONGRESSIONAL RESOLUTION DECLARING A "GENERAL EMBARGO" SIGNED IN PRINT by GEORGE WASHINGTON & JOHN ADAMS [in THE MASSACHUSETTS MAGAZINE. Or, Monthly Museum of Knowledge and Rational Entertainment. No. IV, Vol. VI - For April, 1794.

By: (Washington, George; Adams, John; Morton, Sarah Wentworth Apthorp; and Murray, Judith Sargent).

Price: $150.00

Publisher: Boston: Ezra W. Weld and William Greenough, 1794.: 1794.

Seller ID: 96263

Condition: Good

- Octavo, 8 inches high by 5 inches wide. Unbound removed self-wraps. Once bound in with a collection of other pamphlets and subsequently removed with remnants of paper and leather along the spine. 60 [of 64] pages, consisting of the title leaf and pages numbered [195]-200, 101-110, and 115-156 [pages 149-156 are misnumbered as 249-256]. Illustrated with a full-page plate depicting a view of Mount Pleasant in Leicester, MA. This issue is lacking pages 111 through 114, containing part of the French story "Alexis, or, The Cottage in the Woods". There is a chip to the top edge of the titl...
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FOR LIBERTY AND GLORY: Washington, Lafayette, and Their Revolutions

By: (Washington, George; Lafayette, Marquis de). Gaines, James R

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York/London: W. W. Norton & Company, (2007).: (2007).

Seller ID: 13494

ISBN: 0393061388

Condition: Fine

New York/London: W. W. Norton & Company, (2007).. (2007).. Fine. - Octavo, cloth backed boards, in a dust wrapper. The rear panel of the dust wrapper is very lightly soiled. vii, [i] & 533 pages. Illustrated in black & white and color. Near fine.

First edition. Dust jacket present. First Edition.
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Image for GEORGE WASHINGTON TRANSMITS LETTERS REGARDING A SPEECH BY LORD DORCHESTER CONSIDERED HOSTILE TO THE U.S. [in THE MASSACHUSETTS MAGAZINE. Or, Monthly Museum of Knowledge and Rational Entertainment. No. V, Vol. I - For May, 1794.

GEORGE WASHINGTON TRANSMITS LETTERS REGARDING A SPEECH BY LORD DORCHESTER CONSIDERED HOSTILE TO THE U.S. [in THE MASSACHUSETTS MAGAZINE. Or, Monthly Museum of Knowledge and Rational Entertainment. No. V, Vol. I - For May, 1794.

By: (Washington, George; Randolph, Edmund; and Murray, Judith Sargent).

Price: $250.00

Publisher: Boston: Ezra W. Weld and William Greenough, 1794.: 1794.

Seller ID: 96261

Condition: Good

- Octavo, 8 inches high by 5 inches wide. Unbound removed self-wraps. Once bound in with a collection of other pamphlets and subsequently removed with remnants of paper along the spine. 64 pages, consisting of the title leaf and pages numbered [259]-320, plus a full-page frontispiece illustrating "A Scene from the Vicar of Wakefield". There is a tear to the front edge along the frontispiece's lower plate mark. The pages are slightly toned with some occasional foxing. Good.

This American periodical includes letters submitted by George Washington regarding a speech by Lord Dorchester,...
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HISTORICAL SKETCH OF THE SOUTH CHURCH (REFORMED) OF NEW YORK CITY

By: (White, Frederic C.; compiler)

Price: $10.00

Publisher: New York: Gilliss Brothers & Turnure, The Art Age Press, Easter, 1887.: Easter, 1887.

Seller ID: 30167

Condition: Very good

New York: Gilliss Brothers & Turnure, The Art Age Press, Easter, 1887.. Easter, 1887.. Very good. - Squarish octavo, 8-1/2 inches high by 6-1/4 inches wide. Hardcover, bound in blue cloth backed gray paper covered boards printed in black on front board. The boards are bumped, lightly soiled & unevenly darkened; the head & tail of the spine are lightly chipped. 57 pages, illustrated with a frontispiece & 10 black & white plates. There is light staining to the rear pastedown, else the contents are very good.

First edition. First Edition.
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MEMOIR OF REUEL WILLIAMS, Prepared for the Maine Historical Society by John A. Poor. Read at a Special Meeting of the Society in Augusta, February, 1863

By: (Williams, Reuel). Poor, John A

Price: $45.00

Publisher: (Riverside, Cambridge): privately printed, 1864.: 1864.

Seller ID: 2004

Condition: Good

(Riverside, Cambridge): privately printed, 1864.. 1864.. Good. - Octavo, brown cloth titled in gilt on front cover with horizontal bands stamped in blind on covers & spine & frames in blind on covers. The covers are bumped & lightly rubbed with a label removed from the front cover; the spine is faded with pieces out of the head & tail. 66 pp. A tipped-in original photograph of a bust serves as the frontispiece. There is scattered foxing & light soiling & the page edges are slightly darkened. From the library of the Historical Society of Iowa with the Society's book label on the front pastedown...
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ADDRESS OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES DELIVERED AT A JOINT SESSION OF THE TWO HOUSES OF CONGRESS FEBRUARY 26, 1917

By: (Wilson, Woodrow)

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Washington, 1917.: 1917.

Seller ID: 28996

Condition: Good

Washington, 1917.. 1917.. Good. - Octavo, printed white wraps. The edges of the covers are darkened and there is a short tear to the top edge and a tiny hole near the top of the front cover. The rear cover is heavily stained with several chips to the edges and a piece out from the top corner. 6 pages with the text printed only on one side of each of the 6 leaves. Folded vertically, the edges of the pages are darkened and there is some slight chipping to the top of the last leaf. Good only.

In this address delivered shortly before US involvement in World War I, President Woodrow Wilson requ...
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PRESIDENT WILSON: The World's Peace-Maker.

By: (Wilson, Woodrow). Nelson, Lars P.

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Stockholm: Kungl Boktryckeriet P. A. Norstedt & Soner, 1919.: 1919.

Seller ID: 33775

Condition: Good

Stockholm: Kungl Boktryckeriet P. A. Norstedt & Soner, 1919.. 1919.. Good. - Octavo, softcover bound in pictorial wrappers. The binding is bumped, soiled & lightly creased. The wraps are lightly stained & foxed with some chipping around the edges. There are small pieces out of the head & tail of the spine. 231 pages with a folding chart of the Federal Executive bound in at the rear. Illustrated in black & white with a portrait frontispiece and full-page & textual illustrations. There is light dampstaining to the rear wrap & chart & to the top edges of the rear third of the leaves. The top edge...
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WOODROW WILSON AS I KNOW HIM.

By: (Wilson, Woodrow). Tumulty, Joseph P.

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Garden City, NY and Toronto: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1921.: 1921.

Seller ID: 36929

Condition: Good

Garden City, NY and Toronto: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1921., 1921.. Good . - Octavo, dark blue cloth titled in gilt in a dust wrapper. The top edge is gilt. The spine & the corners of the covers are rubbed. The dust jacket's front panel is stained with a tear & crease to its bottom edge. The jacket spine is rubbed with tears to the tail & pieces out of the head. xvi, [1] leaf & 553 pages plus colophon. Illustrated with a black-and-white portrait frontispiece. A previous owner's name is penned on the front pastedown. The endpapers & rear pastedown are very lightly foxed. The book is slightl...
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MEMORIAL VOLUME. DEDICATORY AND OPENING CEREMONIES OF THE WORLD'S COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION. Historical and Descriptive. As Authorized by Board of Control. Edited under the direction of the Joint Committee on Ceremonies of the World's Columbian Commission and the World's Columbian Exposition. With Illustrations.

By: (World's Columbian Exposition).

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Chicago, IL: A.L. Stone, 1893.: 1893.

Seller ID: 36120

Condition: Good

- Quarto, 11 inches high by 8 inches wide. Hardcover, teal green cloth titled in gilt on the front cover and the spine. All edges are gilt. The covers are dampstained and slightly rubbed. 320 pages with profuse photographically illustrated plates throughout, including many full-page. There is a tiny tear to the front edge of one leaf, else this is an internally very good copy of this substantial book commemorating the Chicago World's Fair. Good.

First edition.

In addition to a history of the World's Fairs and the World's Columbian Exposition in particular are added architectural descript...
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SUPPLEMENT TO THE CLASS BOOK OF THE CLASS OF 1841, IN YALE COLLEGE

By: (Yale College).(Barnum, Samuel W.)

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Athol Depot: G. H. Kellogg, Book, Card and Job Printer, 1862.: 1862.

Seller ID: 31676

Condition: Good

Athol Depot: G. H. Kellogg, Book, Card and Job Printer, 1862.. 1862.. Good. - Small octavo, softcover bound in printed tan wraps. The wraps are soiled & lightly bumped & chipped. The spine is perished & the wraps are partially detached. 24 pages. The top page corners are bumped & the last 2 leaves are partially detached. Good.

Rare. No copies were located in WorldCat.
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Image for AUTOGRAPH DOCUMENT SIGNED by ELIZA BARRETT & PHILIP TURPIN: AN 1836 KENTUCKY EMANCIPATION DOCUMENT freeing LAURA YOUNG, a young African-American girl from her status as a slave.

AUTOGRAPH DOCUMENT SIGNED by ELIZA BARRETT & PHILIP TURPIN: AN 1836 KENTUCKY EMANCIPATION DOCUMENT freeing LAURA YOUNG, a young African-American girl from her status as a slave.

By: (Young, Laura). Butler, Richard P. (1792-1885); Barrett, Eliza (1779-1849); and Turpin, Philip Osborne (1808-1882).

Price: $450.00

Publisher: Gallatin County, Kentucky, November 14, 1836.: 1836.

Seller ID: 95965

Condition: Very good

- Over 125 words penned in a secretarial or clerk's hand on 7 inch high by 7-1/2 inch wide buff paper. The emancipation document freeing a "Negro Girl named Laura Young" from her status as a slave to Eliza Barrett binds Barrett and her nephew Philip O. Turpin, obligating them to pay the sum of "five hundred" dollars should the county need to support the girl. The document is twice endorsed in ink on the verso by Richard P. Butler, the clerk of Gallatin County and additionally docketed in a faint unknown hand. Folded twice horizontally and once vertically with a small tear along...
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THE GREAT MACKENZIE. / In Word and Photograph

By: (Zuckerman, George). Davies, Raymond Arthur

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Toronto: The Ryerson Press, (1947).: (1947).

Seller ID: 15657

Condition: Good

Toronto: The Ryerson Press, (1947).. (1947).. Good. - Octavo, green cloth. The binding is lightly bumped, rubbed & soiled with a white stain to the bottom edge of the front cover. x, [1] leaf 7 139 pages. Profuse black-and-white photographic illustrations by George Zukerman. The bottom edges of the pages in the first half of the book are rippled & dampstained. Good.

First edition.

Inscribed by the author on the front pastedown and signed "Ray Davies". First Edition.
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A STATEMENT OF PROCEEDINGS IN THE FIRST SOCIETY IN COVENTRY, CONNECTICUT, WHICH TERMINATED IN THE REMOVAL OF THE PASTOR: With an Address to His Late People

By: Abbot, Abiel; Late Pastor of the First Church in Coventry

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Boston: Printed and Published by John Eliot. Jun., 1811.: 1811.

Seller ID: 27157

Condition: Good

Boston: Printed and Published by John Eliot. Jun., 1811.. 1811.. Good. INSCRIBED BY ABIEL ABBOT - Octavo, softcover bound into cream self-wraps with cream cord. 68 pages. The pages are bumped & darkened with their edges chipped. There is a stain to the bottom margin of the title page with lighter stains to the bottom edges of several following pages. There is a piece out of the bottom corner of page 9, not affecting the text. Good.

First edition.

Inscribed at the top of the title page: "James C. Merrill. 1811-- / From the author."

The former Pastor explains the doctrinal differe...
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Image for TYPED LETTER TO FUTURE CONGRESSMAN SEYMOUR HALPERN SIGNED BY AMERICAN ASTROPHYSICIST AND SECRETARY OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION CHARLES GREELEY ABBOT.

TYPED LETTER TO FUTURE CONGRESSMAN SEYMOUR HALPERN SIGNED BY AMERICAN ASTROPHYSICIST AND SECRETARY OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION CHARLES GREELEY ABBOT.

By: Abbot, Charles Greeley. (1872-1973). American astrophysicist. Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution from 1928 to 1944.

Price: $150.00

Publisher: Washington, DC: January 14, 1931.: 1931.

Seller ID: 36351

Condition: Good

- 88 words typed on a sheet of 10-1/2 inch high by 8 inch wide cream-colored Smithsonian Institution letterhead with an engraved vignette of the Institution and a list of its departments at the top. Signed "C G Abbot". There is light creasing to the letter. The bottom left corner is creased with a glue stain. Folded twice for mailing. Good.

Abbot writes to the young Seymour Halpern who has evidently asked which are the most interesting exhibits at the Institution: "The exhibit in the National Museum which attracts the most attention is Colonel Lindbergh 'Spirit of St. Louis' bu...
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Category: Americana