College Park, MD: Jeff Dykes/Western Books, 1983.. 1983.. Good. - Octavo, stapled printed tan wraps with vignette in black & tan on front wrap. Lightly soiled with very light dampstaining to wraps. 30 pp. Top corners of pages very slightly dampstained. Good.
(Washington, DC: Inaugural Committee 1953, 1953).. 1953).. Good. - Small quarto [8-1/2" by 11"], softcover bound in pictorial white wraps with illustrations & decorations in gilt & silver. The wraps are foxed & lightly soiled & a bit darkened along the spine. There is some staining to the front edge of the rear wrap. The business card of the President of the Capemart-Farnsworth Corporation is stapled to the top corner of the front wrap. 48 pages. Illustrations in black & white & decorations in red, blue, gilt & silver. There is foxing to the bottom corner of the title & occasional ligh... View More...
New York: E. Wells Sackett & Bro., Law, Book and Job Printers, 1877.. 1877.. Good. - Octavo, softcover bound in printed tan wraps. The covers are soiled, chipped & darkened around the edges with small pieces out. There is a light vertical crease to the front wrap with an ink name above the title. 37 pages. The top page corners are very lightly creased & the page edges are slightly darkened. Good. View More...
San Marino, CA: Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery, 1937.. 1937.. Very good. - Octavo, softcover bound in printed light tan wrappers. There is offsetting to the front wrap from another pamphlet. The rear wrap is lightly bumped with its edges slightly darkened. [28] pages, including wraps. 9 illustrations in black & gray, including 7 full-page facsimiles. The top page corners are lightly bumped. Very good.
39 items were exhibited and are discussed in this pamphlet. View More...
New York: The McClure Publications, 1914.. 1914.. Good. - Quarto [approximately 14 inches high by 9 inches wide], softcover bound in pictorial tan wrappers with a cover illustration by James Montgomery Flagg and an ad for Maxwell Motor Company on the rear wrap. The binding is bumped & chipped with light soiling to the rear wrap. 32 pages. Black-and- white illustrations. The page corners are lightly bumped. The blind stamp of Edgewood Free Public Library is on the front wrap & on 2 pages of the magazine. Good. Among the contents of this issue are a full-page portrait of George Bernard Shaw by J... View More...
- Octavo, 9 inches high by 5-3/4 inches wide. Softcover, bound in stapled printed cream wraps, titled in blue with the seal of New York on the front cover and illustrations of the front & back of the "Sesquicentennial Medal" portrayed in blue on the rear cover. The covers are soiled, stained and foxed with light wear to the head and tail of the spine. 86 pages, with 17 pages of illustrations, mostly full-page. Also illustrated with a map of Kingston in 1777 on the recto of the rear cover. The top of the covers has pulled away from the rusted staple, though still attached at the bottom. The bot... View More...
Boston: Isaiah Thomas and Ebenezer T. Andrews, 1791.. 1791.. Fair. - Octavo, an 8 inch high by 5 inch wide unbound pamphlet, removed at some time in the distant past from a larger collection of bound pamphlets, with remnants of the spine. 73 [of 75] pages, numbered [721] through 795. Illustrated with a full-page engraving entitled "Specimens of Snow". The text block is cracked and separated at page 768 and the periodical is lacking pages 769/70. The pages are toned & slightly darkened with some scattered foxing and staining throughout. There is a short tear to the front edge of the pla... View More...
Saint Louis: G. L. Jones and Company, 1880).. 1880).. Good. - Small quarto [7 inches high by 5-1/4 inches wide], maroon cloth titled in gilt on the front cover & spine. The binding is lightly rubbed & bumped with the head & tail of the spine lightly chipped. Title, [1] leaf & 193 pages. Illustrated with black-and-white plates, including a frontispiece, & tail-pieces by J. H. Fry. The hinges are cracked. There is an owner's name dated 1883 on the flyleaf. The rear endpaper is chipped with a small piece out & with the bottom corner lightly creased. There is light foxing & soiling to a few pages.... View More...
Philadelphia: C. Sherman, Printer, 1852.. 1852.. Very good. - Octavo, brown cloth titled in gilt on the front cover with decorations stamped in blind on both covers & raised bands on the spine. The binding is lightly bumped with the head & tail of the spine creased. There is light staining to the covers & a small black stain to the front cover. 85 & [3] pages. Illustrated with a portrait frontispiece. There is occasional foxing, mainly to the prelims & to a few rear leaves. Very good. First editionGirard was from a French family in Bordeaux. He became an officer in the French mercantile marine... View More...
(Halifax, Nova Scotia: Bureau of Information & Publicity, Government of Nova Scotia, [1937].. [1937].. Very good. - Quarto, 10-5/8 inches high by 8 inches wide. Softcover, bound in color pictorial wraps. The front wrap is lightly chipped & soiled. 42 unnumbered pages. including the covers, with profuse black & white photographic illustrations & a double-page map of the province printed in black & red. Very good. View More...
Washington: Barnard & Sandy / T. Barnard / John T. Towers / C. Alexander / W. & J.C. Greer / Chauncey F. Greer / Star Building, 1848-1855.. 1848-1855.. Good. - Octavo, bound in three-quarter tan calf and marbled boards with gilt- lettered leather labels on the spine. The front cover is detached and the covers are rubbed, scuffed and soiled with some wear to the marbled paper and to the corners. Over 464 pages, with 2 folding charts which include the "Names of the persons who have been elected to the offices...", and a "Form Prescribed for Return of a Subordinate Lodge". The hin... View More...
- A 7-1/4 inches high by 4-5/8 inches wide broadsheet General Order issued as a "resolution of Congress" authorizing Lieutenant General W.T. Sherman "to use the most efficient means his judgment will approve, to reclaim from peonage the women and children of the Navajo Indians, now held in slavery in the territory adjacent to their homes, and the reservation on which the Navajo Indians have been confined." The resolution adapted by Congress on July 27, 1868 was distributed as a general order by "Command of General Grant" and signed in print by E.D. Townsend, as Assistant Adjutant General. Remo... View More...
- Octavo, 8-7/8 inches high by 5-5/8 inches wide. Softcovers, bound in printed light green wraps. The edges of the covers are slightly soiled & darkened and there are a couple of minor ink stains to the front cover. The corners and front edge of the rear cover are creased and there are short splits to the head and tail of the spine. 23 pages, illustrated with a folding plan of the burial grounds. There are occasional minor creases to the edges and corners of the pages. Good. A historic cemetery located in Philadelphia's Fairhill neighborhood, Fair Hill Burial Ground was founded by the Religiou... View More...
Madison, WI: Democrat Printing Co., State Printer, 1906.. 1906.. Very good. - Octavo, dark green cloth titled in gilt on the front cover. The binding is bumped & lightly rubbed with some light staining to the front cover. 67 pages with the compliment slip of the State Board of Forestry bound in. There is an owner's ink name on the front endpaper. Illustrated with black- and-white plates. Very good. E. M. Griffith was the first State Forester hired by the State of Wisconsin and was an early leader in developing state forestry programs that shaped Wisconsin forestry over the past hundred years. ... View More...
Indianapolis/New York: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Inc., (1952).. (1952).. Good. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY ROBERT J. CASEY - Octavo, green cloth in a dust wrapper. The binding is bumped with its extremities slightly faded. There are 3 tiny white marks to the rear cover. The dust jacket is chipped with a long tear to its front fold & large pieces out of the head & tail of its spine. Its rear panel is soiled and there are tiny ink stains to its front flap from the inscription. 347 pages. Pictorial title in brown & white and black-and-white textual illustrations by Ann and John Groth. Good in a fair... View More...
Toronto and Buffalo: University of Toronto Press, (1976).. (1976).. Good. - Large octavo, cloth, in dw. Tail of spine chipped; dw lightly soiled with label removed from front panel, tail of spine chipped & flaps glued to pastedowns. xiii & 967 pp. Small stains to fore-edge. Ex-library with typed label on dw spine. Good. Dust jacket present. View More...
Boston: Lee and Shepard Publishers, 1898.. 1898.. Good. - Octavo, teal cloth titled in gilt with a vignette portrait stamped in gilt on the front cover. The top edge is gilt. The binding is bumped & rubbed with some light staining to the rear cover. The spine is faded. xii & 286 pages. Black-and-white plates, including a portrait frontispiece with a tissue guard, & black-and-white textual illustrations. There is occasional light foxing & the top corners of the prelims are lightly bumped. Good.
Boston: Printed by John Wilson and Son, 1857.. 1857.. Fair. - 12mo, limp brown cloth titled in gilt within a blind stamped decorative frame on the front cover. The covers are rubbed with some wear to the corners and head and tail of the spine. There is a split to the cloth in the middle of the front joint. 60 pages. The endpapers are soiled and the leaves are darkened. Good. View More...
Jersey City, NJ: Hasbrouck Institute, 1898-1908. [1898].. [1898].. Very good. - Quarto, 10-1/4 inches high by 7 inches wide. Softcovers, bound in stapled printed wraps. The covers are slightly soiled and stained. 12 pages per issue, with textual illustrations. There is some browning to the center of the pages of the first issue, and an annotation penned in ink at the top of the front cover of the second issue. The 27 issues are in otherwise good to very good condition. Includes Vol. 1, No. 1 (November 1898) through Vol. 1, No. 5 (March 1899), Vol. 1, No. 7 (May 1899) through Vol. 1, No. 8 (Jun... View More...
Boston: Samuel N. Dickinson, Printer, 1844.. 1844.. Fair. INSCRIBED AND INITIALED BY A MEMBER OF THE HAVEN FAMILY - Octavo, softcover bound in printed brown wrappers. The wraps are chipped with tears are pieces out and the front wrap is detached. 27 pages. The page corners are bumped. There are light vertical creases to the wraps & pages where the pamphlet has been folded. The contents are good. A fair working copy. First edition. "Printed by Direction of the Meeting, for the Use of the Family."There is a contemporary inscription penned along the top of the front wrap: "Charles E. ... View More...
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