Category: Americana

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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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 differences and ...
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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' but there are hundre...
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CARD SIGNED BY AMERICAN POLITICIAN CHARLES FRANCIS ADAMS, III, U.S. SECRETARY OF THE NAVY UNDER HERBERT HOOVER.

By: Adams, Charles Francis, III. (1866-1954). American politician, a member of the prominent Adams family. He served as United States Secretary of the Navy under Herbert Hoover (1929-1933).

Price: $45.00

Publisher: Circa [1920s]. : [1920s].

Seller ID: 36322

Condition: Good

- A 3-inch high by 5-inch wide lined index card is signed in black ink C F Adams. The edges of the card are darkened. Good. Charles Francis Adams, III [1866-1954] was a member of the prominent Adams family, the great-grandson of President John Quincy Adams and the great-great grandson of the second U.S. President John Adams. After graduating from Harvard Law School and being admitted to the Bar in 1893, Adams held the office of Mayor of Quincy, Massachusetts from 1896-1897. In 1917 he was elected as a member of the Massachusetts Constitutional Convention. From 1929 until his retirement in 1933...
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ALBUM OF AMERICAN HISTORY. Volume I: Colonial Period. Vollume II: 1783-1853. Volume III: 1853-1893. Volume IV: End of an Era. (4 volumes)

By: Adams, James Truslow; Editor in Chief

Price: $75.00

Publisher: New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, (1944-1948). : (1944-1948).

Seller ID: 8737

Condition: Fine

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, (1944-1948).. (1944-1948).. Fine. - Large octavo [11-1/4 inches high by 7-3/4 inches wide], blue buckram titled in gilt within red rectangles with decorations in white on the spines & with devices stamped in gilt on the front covers, in dust wrappers. The volumes are housed in a blue paper covered slipcase with pictorial labels mounted on the front panel & spine & a printed label on the rear panel. There is a white stain to the rear cover of Vol. 1 . The dust jackets are chipped & lightly rubbed & soiled with their spines slightly sunned. The spine of the Vol...
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THE RAMPAGING HERD: A Bibliography of Books and Pamphlets on Men and Events in the Cattle Industry.

By: Adams, Ramon F.

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Cleveland, OH: John T. Zubal, Inc., (1982). : (1982).

Seller ID: 5852

Condition: Very good

- Octavo, green cloth, in dw. Very lightly soiled. 463 pp. A few B&W illustrations. Very good.

Reprint of the 1959 University of Oklahoma Press edition.
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ADDRESSES AND STATE PAPERS OF SPIRO T. AGNEW, GOVERNOR OF MARYLAND 1967-1969. Edited by Franklin L. Burdette, Professor of Government and Politics, University of Maryland. (2 volumes).

By: Agnew, Spiro T.

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Annapolis: State of Maryland, 1975. : 1975.

Seller ID: 5582

Condition: Very good

- Octavo, black cloth titled in gilt on the front covers and the spines with the state seal depicted on the front covers. The covers are soiled and very slightly warped. Consecutively paginated, with the same index printed in both volumes: Pages [i]-xix, [1]-495, [1] leaf, & the index; and pages [i]-xix, 496-1,002, [1] leaf, & 1,005-1,039. Each volume is illustrated with a portrait frontispiece of Spiro Agnew. Very good. The state papers and addresses of the controversial Maryland Governor Spiro Agnew, who went on to become Vice President of the United States under Richard Nixon. Rumored to ha...
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A Bitter AUTOGRAPH NOTE by SPIRO AGNEW as Governor of Maryland penned on "Memo from Cope", a Labor Brochure supporting Hubert Humphrey.

By: Agnew, Spiro T. (1918-1996). Governor of Maryland and Vice President of the United States under Nixon. He was forced to resign when indicted for tax fraud.

Price: $125.00

Publisher: Washington, D.C.: Committee on Political Education, AFL-CIO, 1968. : 1968.

Seller ID: 97587

Condition: Very good

- Quarto, 11 inches high by 8-1/2 inches wide. Softcover brochure. Issue number 10-68 of the May 13, 1968 4-page labor brochure "Memo from Cope", promoting the candidacy of Hubert Horatio Humphrey, nicknamed "3-H" by them. Penned in blue ink at the upper left is a bitter note by Spiro Agnew, then Governor of Maryland, addressed to his chief of staff Arthur J. Sohmer: "Art - Ask our labor friends why they're always able to go 'gung-ho' for some people but can't find a buck for others". Unsigned but penned in Agnew's hand. The brochure is folded for mailing with the mailing label addressed to "H...
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Image for An Original tongue-in-cheek Broadside titled "SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 52 BY SENATOR McGUIRK" satirizing VICE PRESIDENT SPIRO T. AGNEW'S GOLF SKILLS, endorsed by Maryland's Democratic State Senators.

An Original tongue-in-cheek Broadside titled "SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 52 BY SENATOR McGUIRK" satirizing VICE PRESIDENT SPIRO T. AGNEW'S GOLF SKILLS, endorsed by Maryland's Democratic State Senators.

By: Agnew, Spiro T. (Vice President of the United States); Bowie, Oden; James, William S.; McGuirk, Harry J.

Price: $75.00

Publisher: Maryland, February 16, 1971. : 1971.

Seller ID: 97413

Condition: Fine

- An original 11 inch high by 8-1/2 inch wide broadside printed on creamy white paper with the State of Maryland's seal at the top and formal roulette decorations framing the text. Titled "Senate Resolution No. 52" with the text written by Maryland State Senator Harry J. McGuirk. The tongue-in-cheek resolution comments on the Vice President's golfing skills "Whereas, in his first appearance in the golf tournament in 1970, he gained national prominence when he hit a golf ball which caromed off the head of Doug Sanders, one of the foursome with whom Vice President Agnew was playing (and the Demo...
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Image for ORIGINAL TYPED MEMO FROM BILL SAFIRE TO VICE-PRESIDENT AGNEW ENCOURAGING HIM TO FORM AN "AGNEW DEMOCRATS" COMMITTEE, ANNOTATED BY SPIRO AGNEW & HIS CHIEF OF STAFF ART SOHMER.

ORIGINAL TYPED MEMO FROM BILL SAFIRE TO VICE-PRESIDENT AGNEW ENCOURAGING HIM TO FORM AN "AGNEW DEMOCRATS" COMMITTEE, ANNOTATED BY SPIRO AGNEW & HIS CHIEF OF STAFF ART SOHMER.

By: Agnew, Spiro; and Safire, William.

Price: $500.00

Publisher: Washington, DC: The White House, June 23, 1970. : 1970.

Seller ID: 98030

Washington, DC: The White House, June 23, 1970., 1970.. - Over 300 words typed on two 10-1/2 inch high by 8 inch wide pages, with the cover page being on "The White House / Washington" letterhead. The memo is headed: "MEMORANDUM FOR THE VICE PRESIDENT (cc: Haldeman, Dent) / FROM: Bill Safire / RE: Agnew Democrats". The memo is annotated by Spiro Agnew and by his Chief-of-Staff Art Sohmer. Safire refers to a Gallup poll showing strong support for Agnew among Democrats. He suggests the creation of an "Agnew Democrats" committee. "An Agnew Democrat would be one who is registered as a Democrat (or...
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CONVERSATIONS: The Diary of a Worried Journalist's Trek Across a Divided & Threatened Canada.

By: Aitken, John.

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Scarborough, Ontario: Prentice-Hall of Canada, Ltd., (1978). : (1978).

Seller ID: 37136

Condition: Very good

- Octavo, softcover bound in printed black wrappers. The binding is lightly rubbed. Half-title, title, [2] leaves & 179 pages. Very good. First edition. First Edition.
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STATE HOUSE, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS. [2 copies of this brochure on Massachusetts' State House, both SIGNED by GOVERNOR FRANK G. ALLEN].

By: Allen, Frank Gilman (1874-1950). American businessman who served as Governor of Massachusetts.

Price: $250.00

Publisher: [Boston, Massachusetts], [between 1929 & 1931].

Seller ID: 96365

Condition: Very good

[Boston, Massachusetts], [between 1929 & 1931]. . Very good. SIGNED BY MASSACHUSETTS GOVERNOR FRANK G. ALLEN - Oblong octavo, 5 inches high by 6-1/2 inches wide. Softcover, pictorial self-wraps illustrated with a photographic illustration of the State House, Boston, Massachusetts on the cover page. Both identical three-page brochures printed on a folded sheet of cream paper with descriptive text describing the history of the state house embossed below the State's coat of arms which in turn is embossed in blue and gilt at the top. A brief history of The Old State House, embossed on the facing...
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FDR 1882-1945: A Centenary Remembrance

By: Alsop, Joseph

Price: $10.00

Publisher: New York: The Viking Press, (1982). : (1982).

Seller ID: 2993

Condition: Very good

New York: The Viking Press, (1982).. (1982).. Very good. - Quarto, cloth backed boards, in a dustwrapper. The boards are lightly bumped. The dust jacket is rubbed with the edges of the flaps darkened & with a tiny tear to the top edge of the front panel. 256 pages. Profuse black-and-white illustrations. Very good.

First edition. Dust jacket present. First Edition.
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AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED BY MASSACHUSETTS GOVERNOR OLIVER AMES.

By: Ames, Oliver. (1831-1895). American businessman, financier and politician. 35th Governor of Massachusetts (1887-1890).

Price: $45.00

Publisher: (Boston, MA): September 18, 1888. : 1888.

Seller ID: 34667

Condition: Very good

(Boston, MA): September 18, 1888.. 1888.. Very good. - 38 words penned in black ink on a sheet of Commonwealth of Massachusetts / Executive Department watermarked letterhead with a vignette at top left. The sheet is 10-1/4 inches high by 7-3/4 inches wide. Signed Oliver Ames. The top section of the letterhead is lightly creased & the edges are slightly darkened with a light stain at top left. Folded 3 times for mailing. Very good. Ames writes to a Fred H. Williams, Esq. regretting he is unable to be the guest of the Norfolk Club because he will be away from Boston.Oliver Ames [1831-1895] was a...
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Image for ORIGINAL WOOD ENGRAVING BY J. ANDREW ENTITLED BAYONET DRILL OF THE INDEPENDENT CADETS, UNDER COMMAND OF LIEUTENANT COLONEL THOMAS C. AMORY, ON BOSTON COMMON, MAY 30.

ORIGINAL WOOD ENGRAVING BY J. ANDREW ENTITLED BAYONET DRILL OF THE INDEPENDENT CADETS, UNDER COMMAND OF LIEUTENANT COLONEL THOMAS C. AMORY, ON BOSTON COMMON, MAY 30.

By: Andrew, John.

Price: $35.00

Publisher: (1855). : (1855).

Seller ID: 96026

Condition: Good

- A 9 inch high by 12-3/4 inch wide wood engraving by John Andrew illustrating groups of cadets engaged in bayonet drills on Boston Common. The image depicts several clusters, each of three cadets standing back to back with bayonets affixed to the ends of rifles, held out like lances. Others stride forth from rows of cadets in parade formation observing the drills. Mounted Cavalry are depicted in formation behind the lines. Three cadets are shown in the foreground striding forth from the left. Clouds and woods serve as background to the image. The engraver's name J. Andrew is printed within th...
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THE STORY OF ALASKA

By: Andrews, C. L

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Caldwell, ID: The Caxton Printers, Ltd., 1944. : 1944.

Seller ID: 22801

Condition: Good

Caldwell, ID: The Caxton Printers, Ltd., 1944.. 1944.. Good. - Octavo, black cloth titled in silver with a vignette in silver on the front cover. The binding is bumped & rubbed with a small, light stain to the rear cover. The head of the spine is frayed. 328 pages. Illustrated with a portrait frontispiece & black-and-white photographic illustrations. There is a folding map in a pocket mounted on the rear pastedown. A number of top page corners are lightly bumped. Good.

Sixth printing. Dust jacket present.
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AMERICAN CULTURE: SOME BEGINNINGS

By: Angle, Paul M.; and Miers, Earl Schenck

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Kingsport, TN: The Kingsport Press, Inc., 1961. : 1961.

Seller ID: 27281

Condition: Fine

Kingsport, TN: The Kingsport Press, Inc., 1961.. 1961.. Fine. - Large octavo [10-5/8 inches high by 7 inches wide], cloth in a cloth & paper covered slipcase. 90 pages plus colophon. Woodcut decorations by Stefan Martin. Near fine.

Limited edition of 1250 copies printed as a keepsake by the Kingsport Press for distribution among its friends.

Compiled and with an introduction by Paul M. Angle and Earl Schenck Miers. The book includes writings by Abraham Lincoln, Anthony Trollope, Joseph Jefferson, Louis Moreau Gottschalk and Samuel F. B. Morse.
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A FAMILIAR CONVERSATIONAL HISTORY OF THE EVANGELICAL CHURCHES OF NEW-YORK.

By: Anonymous.

Price: $175.00

Publisher: New-York: Robert Carter, 58 Canal street, 1839. : 1839.

Seller ID: 35767

Condition: Good

- Small octavo [approximately 6 inches high by 4 inches wide], green cloth decorated in blind, & titled in gilt on the spine. The binding is rubbed & bumped. The spine is slightly faded with the tail chipped & a piece out of the head. 222 pages. Illustrated in black & white with an engraved frontispiece & 5 woodcuts of churches. There is staining to the front pastedown & endpapers. The fore-edge & top edge are foxed & there is scattered foxing throughout. Good. Second edition. The first edition was published in 1838.In a printed note the anonymous author inscribes his book to "the Rector o...
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MEMORIAL ADDRESSES, on Several Occasions. FIRST EDITION.

By: Anthony, Henry B.

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Providence, RI: Sidney S. Rider, 1875. : 1875.

Seller ID: 35769

Condition: Good

- Octavo, softcover bound in printed tan wrappers. The wraps are darkened & lightly soiled with some tiny stains. 52 pages. Illustrated in black & white with an extra engraved title & 5 engraved portrait plates. There is some staining to the engraved title with offsetting to the facing blank. There is occasional foxing & soiling, including to the margins of the plates. Good.

First edition.

Delivered in the Senate of the United States by Henry B. Anthony, a Senator from Rhode Island. First Edition.
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Category: Americana