Brooklyn, NY: The Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences, 1900.. 1900.. Good. - Octavo, red cloth titled in black. The covers are bumped, rubbed & soiled with some staining to the rear cover & the bottom edge of the front cover. The spine is rubbed & somewhat faded with 3 tiny tears to the cloth of the front joint. 478 pages plus ads. Black-and-white illustrations. The ad pages are darkened. The edges of the text pages are slightly darkened & there is some light staining to the first illustration. Good. View More...
Providence, RI: John Carter Brown Library, 1931.. 1931.. Very good. - Large octavo, black cloth backed brown cloth titled in gilt on spine with device stamped in gilt on front cover. There is a light vertical crease to the lower half of the spine. Half-title, title, [1] leaf & 310 pages, unopened. Sepia-toned portrait frontispiece with tissue guard. Near fine.
Volume three of this invaluable reference work, which was issued over a number of years. View More...
- A 25 inch high by 19 inch wide color folding bird's eye view map of the New York World's Fair grounds and buildings and it's surroundings, entitled "Map of the New York World's Fair and Approaches. Published by C. S. Hammond and Co. New York". The island of Manhattan is shown across the East River with New Jersey seen beyond the Hudson River. A partial list of the "World's Fair Buildings" is printed in the bottom margin. A "Rapid Transit Map of Greater New York: Showing all Subways and Elevated Lines" is pictured in color on the verso. Six color vignettes frame the transit map, each followed... View More...
- Octavo, 9-7/8 inches high by 6 inches wide. Burgundy cloth titled in gilt on the front cover & the spine. The covers are rubbed & soiled with wear to the bottom edges and head of the spine. Pages [i]-xvi, [1]-170, [2 portraits], and xvii-xlii. Illustrated with portraits, textual diagrams & illustrations, pictorial ads and a folding cost sheet. The bottom edges of several pages are bumped resulting in a tear and chips. There is a tiny ink mark on the title page. Good. First edition. RARE. From the library of geologist and mining engineer James Douglas, after whom Douglas, Arizona was named, w... View More...
New York: Christie, Manson & Woods International Inc., 1982.. 1982.. Very good. - Quarto, black paper covered boards titled in gilt on spine & front cover with device stamped in gilt on each cover. Bumped. 54, [1] leaf & [3] pp. B&W folding facsimile frontispiece & full-page & textual B&W facsimiles. The contents are near fine.
25 items are catalogued and described at length. A list of estimated prices is bound in. A printed list of prices realized is scotch taped to the front endpaper. View More...
Chicago, Illinois, 1893.. 1893.. Very good. - The 4-1/4 inch long spoon is adorned with a portrait (possibly Columbus) at the top between the dates of 1893 and 1492. World's Fair City is embossed along the handle and the Fisheries Building is depicted within the bowl. The spoon is tarnished and has both silver and copper hues. I can't make out the printing embossed on the back of the spoon's handle which has possibly been worn down by polishing over the years. View More...
- Octavo, 9 inches high by 5-3/4 inches wide. Softcover, bound in printed pink wraps. There are chips and short tears to the edges of the soiled covers. There is a vertical crease down the center of the covers and pages from having been folded. 15 pages. There is some minor foxing to the edges of a few pages. Good. RARE. WorldCat locates only a single copy at Harvard. View More...
- Octavo, 8-3/4 inches high by 5-1/2 inches wide. Printed self-wraps, removed in the distant past from a larger bound collection of pamphlets with minor chipping and stab marks along the left edge. 2 pages, each printed on one side of 2 leaves. There is a tiny spot of foxing to the cover page. Very good. First edition. 19th Congress, 1st Session: Ho. of Reps. State Dep't. [Doc. No. 126]. Henry Clay, who served as Secretary of State under John Quincy Adams, here reports that all the information in the Department of State regarding the disposition of the African Captives seized from the ships Me... View More...
Circa, [1890].. [1890].. Fair. - Small quarto [8 inches high by 5-3/4 inches], softcover bound in printed tan wraps. The wraps are soiled & stained with the corners lightly creased & with a short tear to the front edge of the front wrap. 21 pages. There are small stains to the bottom edges of the leaves & the top page corners are lightly creased. Good only.
Rare. There are no copies in WorldCat. View More...
Boston: n.p., 1852.. 1852.. Good. - 24mo, brown cloth (bumped & rubbed; small pieces out from head & tail of spine; cloth split along front joint); titled & decorated in gilt on spine with floral vignette in gilt within floral decorated frame stamped in blind on front cover; the same pattern stamped in blind on rear cover. 64pp. (owner's name & address discreetly penned on front endpaper). Illustrated with a portrait of Henry Clay. Good. Scarce. Not in Sabin."In the preparation of this little work, the compiler has taken great pains to present the friends of Henry Clay with an accurate ske... View More...
- Octavo, 9 inches high by 4 inches wide. A trifold brochure printed in burgundy on creamy stock with text on both sides of each panel. Near fine. Third edition. A brochure published by the Commission on Interracial Cooperation, Inc. outlining Supreme Court decisions which affect African-American rights in the Jim Crow South. While those decisions still maintained the status quo in some instances "Separate Schools May Be Maintained", the brochure states that the law requires that "Educational Opportunity Must Be Equal", "Salaries Must Be Equal", while permitting "public carriers to continue se... View More...
(Grand Rapids, MI: Custer Ephemera Society), circa [1975].. [1975].. Fine. - Octavo, softcover bound in printed tan wraps. Title & [3] pages plus colophon. There are ink stains to the inner edge of the title page, probably as issued. Near fine.
Custer Ephemera Society Reprint #1, limited to 300 copies. A facsimile reprint of the New York edition of 1897. It reprints a letter in which Elizabeth Custer defends General Custer against the charge that he disobeyed General Terry's orders at the battle of Little Big Horn. View More...
Grand Rapids, MI: Custer Ephemera Publications, 1975.. 1975.. Very good. - Octavo, soft cover bound in pictorial tan wraps with a cover illustration in black by Gail Mercatante on the front wrap. The wraps are slightly soiled with the corners lightly creased& a tiny tear to the top edge of the rear wrap. iii, 10 & [1] pages. Illustrated with a plan of the Little Big Horn battle-ground. Very good.
Custer Ephemera Publication Number Eight, limited to 1,000 copies. Reprinted from the August 1890 Harper's Magazine. View More...
Fort Collins, CO: The Old Army Press, 1972.. 1972.. Very good. - Octavo, navy blue cloth titled in gilt. The covers are very lightly spotted & lightly rubbed with a score mark to the front cover. [v] & 99 pages with black & white illustrations by Byron Wolfe. A previous owner's address label, blind stamp & signature are on the front endpaper. Else the contents are very good.
First edition.
The classic work on books about Custer. First Edition. View More...
- 24mo, 5 inches high by 3-1/4 inches wide. Softcover, bound in marbled wraps. The corners of the soiled covers are creased & chipped and the spine has perished and is thus lacking. [4] & 160 pages, including the half-title. The pages are soiled with occasional foxing and the page corners are creased. An early owner's name is penned at the top of the half-title. There is a tiny chip out from the bottom corner of the title page and also a tiny tear to the margins of page 41 with minor loss to the end of a few words. A good complete book. Compiled under the inspection of the Secretary of the Sta... View More...
New York: Printed for the Naval History Society by the DeVinne Press, 1917.. 1917.. Very good. - Octavo, light grayish-blue paper covered boards backed by a white vellum spine, titled in gilt on the spine with a device in gilt on the front cover. The top edge is gilt. The spine is lightly spotted with slight darkening to the head and tail. 303 & [2] pages, illustrated with 4 plates. There is some minor foxing to the endpapers & pastedowns. Very good.
Limited edition of 700 numbered copies. Volume VIII of the Publications of the Naval History Society. View More...
Ottawa: Dominion Bureau of Statistics, Department of Trade and Commerce, 1940.. 1940.. Good. - Octavo, soft cover bound in red wraps with a map in pink & red on the front wrap. The wraps are slightly soiled with the corners lightly creased & the tail of the spine chipped. 213 pages. Folding color map, folding full-page illustrations in black & white & color & many black-and-white textual illustrations & tables. There is soiling to 1 page & occasional light creasing. Good. View More...
- Octavo, 8-1/4 inches high by 5-1/4 inches wide. Softcover, with printed self-wraps titled in black on the front cover. The pamphlet is completely disbound. The covers are foxed and stained with chipping along the spine and a tear to the front edge of the front cover. 43 pages, including the covers. There is scattered foxing throughout with a short tear to the front edge of the first text leaf and top edge of the second leaf. A complete copy of this RARE pamphlet. RARE. Chartered in 1804, The Farmers' Exchange Bank located in the village of Chepachet in Glocester, rose to notoriety as the fir... View More...
Trenton, NJ: MacCrellish & Quigley, State Printers, 1908.. 1908.. Good. - Octavo, softcover bound in printed gray wrappers. The wraps are lightly bumped & chipped with their edges darkened & with light creases to their bottom corners. There is a small area of creasing to the front edge of the front wrap with 2 tiny pieces out. 25 pages. The bottom page corners are lightly bumped & there are a few pencil checkmarks in the margins of the first 3 pages of text. Good.
The report is addressed to the Honorable Edward C. Stokes, Governor of the State of New Jersey. Dust jacket present. View More...
Providence, RI: Sidney S. Rider and Brother, 1870.. 1870.. Fair. - Octavo. The remnants of a gilt-lettered leather spine are present, but the covers are lacking. 53 pages with engraved head- & tail-pieces. The front & rear endpapers are soiled & there is an owner's ink name on the front endpaper. There is occasional soiling to the text & the front edges of a few overlapping pages are darkened. Good reading copy. Two nineteenth-century satiric pieces. The author of the mock-heroic "Dorriad" was anonymous. "The Great Slocum Dinner", according to the introduction, was by the autho... View More...
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