FROM THE LIBRARY OF JOSIAH HOOKER, CHAIRMAN OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE - Octavo, 9-1/4 inches high by 6 inches wide. Bound in full red leather, titled in gilt on the front cover with decorations in blind on both the front & rear cover. The covers are stained, rubbed and scuffed with wear to the corners. The leather is splitting along the joints with tears and chips out from the spine. 180 pages. There is evidence of early worming to the top front corner of the rear pastedown and last few leaves. Good. From the library of Josiah Hooker, Chairman of the School Committee, with his name and title emb... View More...
Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1911.. 1911.. Good. - Octavo, pictorial light gray cloth titled in gilt on spine & in gilt with an illustration stamped in dark greenish gray on front cover; the top edge is gilt. The covers are bumped with soiling to the rear cover. The spine is slightly faded with the head & tail chipped & the head slightly frayed. vii, [i], 188 & [3] pages plus colophon. The front endpaper is lightly soiled & there is a tear to the paper of the front pastedown. The page edges are very slightly darkened. Illustrated in black-and-white after drawings by Lester G... View More...
NY and London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1909.. 1909.. Good. - Octavo, gray cloth titled in white with blue & white illustration mounted on front cover. The covers are lightly bumped; the spine is faded with the head chipped & frayed. xiii, [1] leaf, 147 & [1] pp. There is a small label on the front pastedown with offsetting to the endpaper & a very small area of the surface has been rubbed away; there is an owner's pencil name on the front endpaper; there is occasional light soiling. B&W frontispiece & B&W plates. Good.
- Octavo, 8-1/2 inches high by 5-1/2 inches wide. Softcover, Printed self-wraps, titled with the lodge's seal printed in black on the cover page. Removed at some time in the distant past from a collection of bound pamphlets with paper remnants along the spine. 29 & [3] pages, the last 3 pages being blank. The cover pages are foxed and the corners of several pages are creased. There are occasional minor brown spots to the leaves. Good. SCARCE. View More...
FROM THE LIBRARY OF THE TRANSGENDER AUTHOR OF THIS BOOK DAWN LANGLEY SIMMONS - Octavo, white boards backed with purple cloth with a vignette stamped in blind on the front cover, in a dust wrapper. The dust jacket is lightly chipped with some soiling to its rear panel & its spine is darkened. The corners of its rear flap are creased. xvi & 239 pages, The fore-edge is lightly foxed. "Office of the Director" is stamped on both endpapers & on the fore-edge and top & bottom edges of the book. Good. From the library of Dawn Langley Simmons, the transgender author of this book about Thomas... View More...
San Francisco: Department of Natural Resources, State of California, September 1948.. September 1948.. Very good. - Oblong quarto, tan cloth titled in black on the front cover & the spine. The covers show some minor wear at the corners. 164 pages, profusely illustrated in black & white and in color, including geologic maps outlined in color. A previous owner's name is penned on the front endpaper. Very good.
- Octavo, 9-1/4 inches high by 6-1/8 inches wide. Softcover, light green wraps titled and decorated in darker green on the front cover. There are two holes along the left edge of the book by which the book was once bound with a cotton cord. The cord now lacking, the covers and pages are now loose. The covers are soiled & stained with creases along the edges and corners and part of the location "field, Conn" stamped in black. There are a few small horizontal tears to the spine and a small piece chipped out from the bottom edge of the rear cover. [48] unnumbered pages, profusely illustrated in b... View More...
1953.. 1953.. Very good. - sc The 7-1/4 inch high by 9 inch wide photograph depicts Lyndon Johnson, who was later to become President of the United States, seated at a conference table with Senators Wayne Morse and Richard Russell. This is a vintage photograph distributed by the International News Photos Company at the time, with the their eagle logo on the verso. The text for a press release printed on a sheet of paper is stapled to the left of the photo. The text for the press release which accompanies the image reads as follows: UMT (H) - ARMED SERVICES Committee of the Senate has advocated... View More...
Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1883.. 1883.. Good. - Octavo, softcover bound in printed blue wraps. The wraps are bumped, soiled & chipped. The backstrip is perished & the spine has been reinforced with gray cloth tape. The tape is split along the rear joint with a large piece out at the tail of the spine, & the lower third of the front wrap is detached. 169 pages. Some bottom page corners are creased & the bottom corner of the last leaf is darkened & chipped. Illustrated with a black-and-white plate depicting the proposed monument. Ex-library with the remnants of a library label... View More...
Washington, DC: Robert Armstrong, Printer, 1853.. 1853.. Good. - Octavo, dark green cloth titled in gilt on the front cover. The covers are lightly bumped with some tiny stains to the front edge of the front cover. The head & tail of the spine are lightly chipped. 160 pages. Illustrated with numerous tables. There is a piece out of the top corner of the front endpaper & there is a faded gift inscription on the flyleaf. The contents are heavily foxed throughout. Good only.
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1961.. 1961.. Very good. - Small quarto, red cloth-backed tan cloth, titled in gilt on the spine, in a printed cream dust wrapper. The dust jacked is soiled and rubbed with some light chips to the head and tail of the jacket's spine. 127 pages, illustrated throughout in black & white. Very good.
First edition. Review Copy with the piublisher's review slip laid in at the front. Dust jacket present. First Edition. View More...
(New York): Quartet Books, Inc., (1983).. (1983).. Fine. - Quarto, cloth, in a dust wrapper. The dust jacket is lightly rubbed & soiled. 272 pages. Profuse photographic illustrations in black & white & color. Near fine.
First edition. Dust jacket present. First Edition. View More...
Chemin de Fer National du Canada, (1923).. (1923).. Very good. - Octavo, softcover bound in tan wraps titled in gilt with a coat of arms in gilt on the front wrap. The wraps are very lightly bumped with some light soiling to the top inner corner of the front wrap. 95 pages with a folding railroad map tipped onto the rear inside wrap. Black-and-white photographic illustrations. Very good. This Edition des Etats Unis was published for French people in America and Europe, with a brief introduction by J. E. LaForce, Dept. des Industries et Ressources, Chemin de Fer National in Boston, Mass. The te... View More...
NY: The Macmillan Company, 1932.. 1932.. Very good. - Octavo, maroon cloth titled in gilt on spine. The covers are very lightly rubbed & bumped; the spine & the gilt titling are somewhat faded. x, 1 leaf & 348 pp. The endpapers are darkened & a panel of the dw is glued to the rear pastedown; 3 page corners are creased. B&W portrait frontispiece. Very good.
First edition.
Jason Lee was the first missionary to enter Oregon and founded the first permanent American settlement there. Dust jacket present. First Edition. View More...
New York: Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, October 25, 1879.. 1879.. Fair. - sc - A 23 inch high by 16 inch wide wood engraving from the October 25, 1879 issue of Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper. The image, titled "Summer Life at Niagara Falls - A Bridal Party Making a Trip Under the American Falls - 'A Breathing Spot on the Route'" depicts 2 young women in the arms of 2 men as a third looks on. Attired in rain gear, they struggle under the roaring waters of the falls which spills down and up the wooden walkway. At right, three others are crouched over while crossing a wooden... View More...
New York: Coward-McCann, 1965.. 1965.. Very good. - Octavo, cloth, in a price-clipped dust wrapper. The binding is lightly rubbed with some light spotting to the spine. The dust jacket is rubbed, soiled & chipped with a tear to & a piece out of the rear fold. xvii, [1] leaf & 364 pages. Black-and-white illustrations. Very good in a good dust wrapper.
Second printing. Dust jacket present. View More...
New York: Printed for the Loyal National League, 1863.. 1863.. Good. - Octavo, softcover bound in printed blue wrappers. The spine & the edges of the wraps are chipped with pieces out. The wraps are darkened along the spine with creasing to their bottom corners. There is an early owner's ink name in the top inner corner of the front wrap & there are some pencil markings on the rear wrap. 32 pages. The page corners are bumped & there is a piece out of the bottom corner of the first leaf. There are pencil markings & underlinings throughout. Ex-library with a library blind stamp on the front wrap... View More...
Washington, D.C.: circa [1949].. [1949].. Very good. - An original black and white photograph measuring approximately 10 inches high by 13 inches wide depicting Harry S. Truman's Correspondence Secretary William D. Hassett, his Appointments Secretary Matthew J. Connelly and Press Secretary Charles G. Ross posing beneath a photograph of President Truman. Mounted, apparently with glue, into its original 20 inch high by 16 inch wide creamy buff mat, the photograph is signed on the mat under the portrait by President Harry S. Truman as well as by the three men William D. Hassett, Matthew J. Connel... View More...
- Small quarto, 8-7/8 inches high by 7-1/4 inches wide. Light blue boards backed by a tan cloth spine, with a title label mounted on the front cover. The covers are rubbed & lightly soiled. 35 pages. Very good. Number 79 of a limited edition of 201 numbered copies initialed by the club's fourth secretary Brander Matthews. View More...
- Approximately 80 words penned on 10 inch high by 8 inch wide creamy white paper. In his letter, penned in an unknown hand and signed by E.H. Pierce as Secretary of the Executive Department Georgia, Pierce informs Stephen Frank Miller that he has been instructed by the Governor to transmit to you the enclosed copy of Mr. Hine's Report, a Copy of the Receipts given by the Commissioners of the Oconee Navigation Association, and the Copy of the Report of the Committee of the late Board.... Signed E.H. Pierce. The letter is folded for mailing with minor chips and tears to the edges, including a s... View More...
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