Category: Americana

THE BEAUTIFUL CAVERNS OF LURAY. Luray, Virginia. In The Shenandoah Valley. Miles of Subterranean Splendor. Brilliantly Lighted by Electricity. See America First

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Luray, Virginia: Luray Caverns Corporation, circa [1925]. : [1925].

Seller ID: 23775

Condition: Good

Luray, Virginia: Luray Caverns Corporation, circa [1925].. [1925].. Good. - Oblong octavo, 5-1/4 inches high by 8 inches wide. Softcover, bound in printed light green wraps with a cover illustration of the caverns. The covers are soiled, stained and slightly creased with a few small chips to the top edge. 20 pages, with 7 full-page illustrations of the caverns and music centerfold with the lyrics and music to "Old Virginia". The pages are lightly soiled with some minor chips to the top edges. Good. Includes advertisements for accomodations and "The Shenandoah Valley Route" of t...
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IN MEMORIAM / MARY MILDRED SULLIVAN / 1836-1933

By: (Sullivan, Mary Mildred)

Price: $45.00

Publisher: New York, NY: Privately printed for The Mary Mildred Sullivan Chapter, United Daughters of the Confedeeracy, (1933). : (1933).

Seller ID: 10000

Condition: Very good

New York, NY: Privately printed for The Mary Mildred Sullivan Chapter, United Daughters of the Confedeeracy, (1933).. (1933).. Very good. - Octavo, soft covers bound in printed gray wraps. The spine & extremities are darkened. There is some light staining to the wraps & the edges are chipped with small pieces out. The bottom 2 inches of the rear wrap are detached. Title, [1] leaf & 57 pages. Illustrated with a black-and-white portrait frontispiece. The front edge of the verso of the frontispiece is lightly stained & there is a small, light stain to the rear blank, else the contents are very g...
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Image for PRINTED & MANUSCRIPT AMERICANA, Including Latin Americana / The Theodore Roosevelt Collection of Peter Scanlan. Public Auction Sale 2310. Tuesday, April 16, 2013....

PRINTED & MANUSCRIPT AMERICANA, Including Latin Americana / The Theodore Roosevelt Collection of Peter Scanlan. Public Auction Sale 2310. Tuesday, April 16, 2013....

By: (Swann Auction Galleries).

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York: Swann Auction Galleries, 2013. : 2013.

Seller ID: 94980

Condition: Very good

- Small quarto [approximately 9-1/2 inches high by 6-1/2 inches wide], softcover bound in pictorial wrappers. The head & tail of the spine are slightly rubbed. Unpaginated. Profuse color illustrations, including facsimiles. Near fine. Catalog for an auction held at the Swann Galleries in New York on April 16, 2013. 434 items are listed and fully described with estimated prices.An illustrated card announcing an upcoming auction of Fine Photographs and Photobooks is laid in.
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PRINTED & MANUSCRIPT AFRICAN AMERICANA. Public Auction Sale 2271. Thursday, March 1, 2012.

By: (Swann Galleries).

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York: Swann Galleries, 2012. : 2012.

Seller ID: 94725

Condition: Very good

- Octavo [9-1/2 inches high by 6-1/2 inches wide], softcover bound in color pictorial wraps. The binding is very lightly rubbed & bumped. Unpaginated, Profusely illustrated in color. Very good. Catalog for a Swann auction held in New York on March 1st, 2012. 534 items are catalogued with estimated prices.
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EULOGY OF GEN. ZACHARY TAYLOR, LATE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, Delivered at the Request of the Authorities and Citizens, Conjointly, of the City of Cambridge, August 13, 1850. By Luther V. Bell

By: (Taylor, General Zachary). Bell, Luther V

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Cambridge, MA: Printed at the Chronicle Office, 1850. : 1850.

Seller ID: 16868

Condition: Good

Cambridge, MA: Printed at the Chronicle Office, 1850.. 1850.. Good. - Octavo, softcover bound in printed tan wraps. The wraps are darkened & soiled with their corners creased & their upper halves detached. There is a crease to the upper half of the rear wrap. The spine is heavily chipped with large pieces out. 43 pages. The top page corners are creased, else the contents are bright & clean. Good.

First edition. First Edition.
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Image for THE BRIGHTON GAS FIRE AND EXPLOSION CATASTROPHE. Town of Brighton (Monroe County), N.Y. September 21, 1951. Report by The National Board of Fire Underwriters ... and The New York Fire Insurance Rating Organization.

THE BRIGHTON GAS FIRE AND EXPLOSION CATASTROPHE. Town of Brighton (Monroe County), N.Y. September 21, 1951. Report by The National Board of Fire Underwriters ... and The New York Fire Insurance Rating Organization.

By: (The National Board of Fire Underwriters).

Price: $75.00

Publisher: New York, NY: The National Board of Fire Underwriters, 1951. : 1951.

Seller ID: 36827

Condition: Very good

- Quarto, 11 inches high by 8-1/2 inches wide. Softcover, bound in stapled white wrappers titled and illustrated in black on the front cover. The covers are soiled and creased with a short slit to the head of the spine. 25 pages printed on glossy paper, with textual illustrations and full-page diagrams and maps. Very good. Sometimes known locally as Black Friday, the September 21, 1951 explosion of natural gas in a vault housing gas regulators in the Meadowbrook neighborhood of Brighton, NY claimed the lives of two children and an adult while totally destroying 15 homes, seriously damaging an...
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THE NATIONAL WOMAN'S RELIEF CORPS RED BOOK Containing the Constitution and Rules and Regulations of the National Woman's Relief Corps Auxiliary to the Grand Army of the Republic and Decisions and Notes Thereon.

By: (The National Woman's Relief Corps).

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Washington, D.C.: The National Tribune Company, 1923. : 1923.

Seller ID: 36036

Condition: Good

- Octavo, red cloth titled in gilt with golden yellow rules decorating the front cover. The covers are rubbed and bumped with some fading and dampstaining. 181 pages. An early owner's name and the date are penned at the top of the title page. Good.

Revised edition of the rules and regulations originally "Adopted by [the] Twenty-third National Convention Denver, Colorado, 1905".

Recognized in 1883, The National Woman's Relief Corps was a secret organization formed by women who were loyal to the North during the Civil War.
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AUTOGRAPH DOCUMENT SIGNED by HARTMAN VREELAND. An original BILL OF SALE for the SLOOP LOCOMOTIVE sold by Vreeland to Samuel F. Tracy.

By: (Tracy, Samuel F.). Vreeland, Hartman.

Price: $125.00

Publisher: May 31st, 1850. : 1850.

Seller ID: 94846

Condition: Good

- Approximately 200 words penned on 10 inch high by 7-7/8 inch wide creamy white paper with a simple decorative blind stamp at top left. A Bill of Sale, so titled as a heading, by which Hartman Vreeland transfers ownership of the sloop Locomotive to Samuel F. Tracy, a New York City merchant. Know all men by these present, that I, Hartman Vreeland, of the County of Hudson, State of New Jersey, Landsman, for and in consideration of the sum of one hundred and fifty Dollars, to me in hand paid by Samuel F. Tracy, of the City, County, & State of New York.... Sell and deliver unto the said Samuel F....
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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 Asse...
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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. Br...
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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 and...
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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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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-13: 9780393061383

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, the Britis...
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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 request...
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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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Category: Americana