Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks
Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1949. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. viii, 212pp. Illustrated. Hardcover and dust jacket in very good condition. More
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The Yorktown Campaign and the Surrender of Cornwallis
Special Edition For Comte De Grasse Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution Yorktown, Virginia. New York: Harper & Brothers, n.d. later printing. Hardcover. 8vo. 206pp., Frontispiece. Illustrated. Blue cloth hardcover with black lines and gilt stamped title on front cover and spine. Cloth on spine dulled. Light fade and some... More
The Wedding Book
1906 Wedding of Virginia Ethel Alexander and Lewis McFarland Gaines in Atlanta Georgia. New York: E. P. Dutton & Co. n.d. Album. Small quarto album. White padded cloth covers with gilt imprinted title and floral decoration on the front cover. Cloth is lightly soiled and frayed at board edges. Interior... More
A Sketch of the Marshall Family
n.p. n.p. n.d. Hardcover. Quarto. [4], 21 pages. Typed, one sided, double spaced manuscript. Loosely bound in bouquet dark floral cloth covered boards with loose string ties. Dull yellow silk covers the insides of the boards. Unpublished family history. The manuscript begins with "Mrs. Julia Symmes Marshall Breckinridge is descended... More
A Discourse Commemorative of the Heroes of Albany, Who Have Fallen During the Present War in Defense of our Country. Delivered in the North Ref. Prot. Dutch Church of Albany, On the evening of July 10th, 1864.
Albany: Steam Press of C. Van Benthuysen, 1864. First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Disbound, stitched wraps with title on page 1. 50 pages. Defective. Missing the front, rear and frontispiece steel engraving. More
The Commercial Enterprise Vol. I. No. 1.
New York: The Great American Tea Company, 1867. First Edition. Paper. Approx. 10" x 6.5" folded sheet, 4 pages. One vertical crease center of paper. Mild toning to page 1. Old ink notation written top of page 1. Small blue "Sample" stamp located in the upper left corner page 1... More
Album Days. 1890's Illinois Memory Album
Illinois: 1892-1895. Hardcover. Approx. 8" x 5" oblong cloth covered, illustrated album. [100] pages. Front cover has silver, black, brown and gold illustration with title. Illustrated with 8 color drawings including the title page. 7 illustrations are for each day of the week Monday through Sunday. Most of the pages... More
Calendar of Alexander Graham Bell Correspondence in the Volta Bureau Washington, D.C.
Prepared by District of Columbia Historical Records Survey Division of Professional and Service Projects Works Project Administration. Washington DC: Historical Readers Survey Works Project Administration, [1940. First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Stapled soft cover with title on front. [4], 41 one sided copied typed pages. Some brown spots upper edge front... More
The Last Will and Testament of William James, Esq., of the City of Albany
[Albany?]: n.p. [1833?]. Wraps. 8vo. Disbound wraps. 20 pages. Light toning to contents. Title page starting to detach. No. 26 written at top. Inscription below title reads "Read on Submission May 29 1833 J W Asst.?" No copies located in OCLC. More
Intercoastal Waterway Boston, Mass. To Beaufort, N.C. Section
Letter from The Secretary of War Transmitting With a Letter from the Chief of Engineers, Report on Survey of the Boston, Mass. To Beaufort, N.C., Section of the Proposed Continuos Inland Waterway from Boston, Mass., to the Rio Grande. January 5, 1912. - Refereed to the Committee on Rivers and... More
Punch's Pocket-Book For 1870
Containing Ruled Pages for Cash Accounts and Memoranda For Every Day in the Year. An Almanack; and A Variety of Useful Business Information. With Illustrations by John Tenniel, C. Keene, and L. Sambourne. In Two Parts. London: Punch, [1869]. First Edition. Leather bound. 16mo. (approx. 5" x 3.5"). Soft red... More
Hot Record Society Presents American Jazz Classics...
Jazz Music Catalog. Hot Record Society, [1946]. Brochure. Approx. 14" x 6" folding orange and black illustrated brochure. 8 sides to the brochure. Small splits at the folds of the brochure. Light creases to paper. Selection of Jazz Records includes artists Louis Armstrong, Benny Goodman, Bessie Smith, Earl Hines, and... More
Reapers and Gleaners And Other Stories
Little Folks' Bible Tales. Chicago: Fleming H. Revell Company. Hardcover. 12mo. Unpaginated. Illustrated. White cloth hardcover with red, white, and black illustration and title on front cover. Light soiling and shelf wear to book. More
Americanisms and Briticisms with Other Essays on Other Isms
New York: Harper and Brothers, 1892. Hardcover. 12mo. [3], 190pp; [1]p advertisements. Frontispiece portrait of the author. Gilt decorated blue green cloth hardcover with illustrated gilt title. 1894 previous owner pencil inscription written on the right front flyleaf. More
1935 Texaco Cruising Charts: Atlantic Coast Philadelphia, PA. to Savannah, GA. & Charleston, S. C. to Key West, Fla
[Texaco Oil Company Brochures. New York: The Texas Company, 1935. Brochure. Approx. 28" x 8" folding color illustrated brochures. Maps of the Atlantic Coast illustrated on one side and Time and Tidal Differences printed on the other side. Light wear to brochures. More
Madame Butterfly, Purple Eyes, A Gentleman of Japan and a Lady, Kito Glory
New York: De Vinne Press, 1898. Later printing. Hardcover. 12mo. [6], 224 pages. Frontispiece illustration. Color illustrated paper covered boards and spine. Green cloth joints. Top edge gilt. Small closed tear, crease and a bottom corner chip to the right front flyleaf. More
Lincoln Passages From His Speeches and Letters
With An Introduction by Richard Watson Gilder. New York: The Century Company, 1901. Leather bound. 16mo. (approx. 5" x 3"). Brown leather tooled and decorated binding with title and embossed patriotic designs. All edges gilt. Marbled end papers. Ex-institutional copy with the pasted down, copied label of "The Phillips Exeter... More
Chicago and Grand Trunk Railway Gazette Volume One Number One September 1883
Chicago: [Chicago and Grand Trunk Railway Company, 1883. First Edition. Newspaper. Approx. 22" x 17" 4 page folded newspaper. Illustrated mast head. Small pinhole at the intersection of the two folds. Fragile paper with very few condition issues. Contents include station schedules from Port Huron, Chicago, Battle Creek, Flint, Valpraiso... More
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The Pittsburgh Commercial. Pittsburgh, Monday Morning, April 17, 1865
Lincoln Assassination Newspaper. Pittsburgh: The Pittsburgh Commercial, 1865. First Edition. Newspaper. Approx. 26" x 19" 4 page folded news paper. Paper has an old tape repair running the entire length of pages 1 and 2. A small piece of old tape on the vertical fold page 3. Light foxing, toning... More
A Pictorial History of the Great Dayton Flood March 25, 26, 27, 1913
Dayton: The Otterbein Press, 1913. First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. 63 pages. Gray stapled wraps with title and illustration on the front cover. Illustrated with 51 pages of photographs. Photographs depict flood destruction of downtown streets, buildings, residences, industries, etc. Light shelf wear to soft cover. More
The Flood of 1903
Dedicated to Our Friends, The Ticket Agents Throughout the Country, Who Can Especially Appreciate The Difficulties Under Which Railways Are Sometimes Compelled to Operate. Chicago: Faithorn, Printing Co. 1903. First Edition. Wraps. Approx. 5.5" x 7" stapled wraps. Illustrated front cover with title. Advertisement on rear cover. Front cover is... More
Flood Souvenir Views of Hamilton Ohio During and After the Disastrous Flood of March 1913.
Hamilton, Ohio: The Republican Publishing Company, 1913. First Edition. Wraps. Approx. 9.5" x 6" oblong stapled wraps. Original covers missing. Unpaginated. Contents include the title page, one page of text, 91 pages of photographs and a map chart record of rainfall during the flood season March 24-28, 1913. Photographs show... More
Work & Hope Vol. 1 No. IV. January, 1920.
Moundsville, West Virginia: Published by Inmates of the West Virginia Penitentiary, 1920. First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. 16 pages. Stapled wraps. Frontispiece photograph of Harry D. Perkins, Pardon Attorney. Illustrated with photographs and small sketches. Single issue has edge tears to contents (no missing text) and edge chips to the covers... More
Twenty Five Years In the Potato Field
Newark, Ohio: Lindenwald Potato Farm, 1908. Wraps. 8vo. 30 pages Stapled wraps with title on front. Library of Congress stamp on verso of front wrap (duplicate). Penciled numbers top of title page. Date stamp of June 16, 1908 on rear wrap. Both the front and rear wraps are detached with... More
Kirmess Under the Direction of Charles F. Dolan.....Charles G. McDonald, Manager.
Van Curler Opera House For the Benefit of Schaughnaughtada Tribe, No. 123. IMP'D O.R.M. Schenectady, N.Y. Daily Union Print, 1901. First Edition. Wraps. Oblong quarto stapled soft cover benefit program (approx. 10.75" x 7"). 16 pages. Gold title on front cover. Illustrated with photograph group pictures of men and women... More