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(General Von Bonin) Early German General Von Bonin CDV
Very Good CDV of the German General Von Bonin, identified on front of mount, with number 1131.; "P"imprint on back, thin printed red line around mount card edge; image somewhat faded; slight tips, edgewear to mount card; very good condition.
Price: USD 20.00 other currencies   order no. 3729   details     inquire
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Seaver, Tom The Perfect Game: Tom Seaver and the Mets
New York E.P. Dutton 1970, First Edition Very Good Hard Cover Very Good Illustrated with black and white photographs; "first edition" stated on copyright page; 189 pages; some dustjacket edgewear, top of spine chipped; front endpaper rubbed a bit, unobtrusive; very good condition.
Price: USD 20.00 other currencies   order no. 3764   details     inquire
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Prothero, Matthew (editor) Love and Laughter: An Illustrated Anthology of Love Poetry
Boston Four Seas Company 1923, First Edition Good Hard Cover Very Good Black and white illustrated;94 pages; with poetry by Spenser, Carew, Aiken, Wilcox, many others; some dustjacket wear and darkening, bottom spine end chipped 1"; volume in very good condition.
Price: USD 20.00 other currencies   order no. 3777   details     inquire
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(Natural Bridge Virginia) 2 Natural Bridge Virginia Historical Guide Booklets
Virginia Natural Bridge of Virginia 1939, Very Good Black and white illustrations of Virginia's Natural Bridge and the surrounding area, including the type of accomadtions available; 32 pages; 3 1/4" x 6" format; slight edge, tips wear to brochures' paper wraps; (2 copies) very good condition.
Price: USD 20.00 other currencies   order no. 3810   details     inquire
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Weller, F.G. 1876 F.G. Weller Stereoview Rock of Ages
Littleton F. G. Weller 1876, Very Good Stereo view No. 663 Rock of Ages (The Wreck); one of this photographer's Allegorical Series; slight, edge, tips wear to mount card, some image fade; very good condition.
Price: USD 20.00 other currencies   order no. 3821   details     inquire
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(Johnstown Flood) Early Johnstown Flood Stereo View
Rochester N.Y. Webster & Albee Good Stereo view depicts ruins of the town, name in mount a bit too dimmed to read; slight, edge, tips wear to mount card, some image fade; very good condition.
Price: USD 20.00 other currencies   order no. 3823   details     inquire
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(Ausable Chasm)` Early Ausable Chasm Stereo View
Watkins Glen C.E.M. Taber Very Good Stereo view depicts: Ausable Chasm-The Dual Gorge; photography by George F. Gates of Watkins, NY; on back is list of Watkins Glen Series, along with a printed sticker stating (this view) From Lake View Hotel, Watkins Glen, NY E.D. McConky, Proprietor; view is large square-mount type, 4 1/4" x 7"; slight edge, tips wear to mount card, slight fading to image; very good condition.
Price: USD 20.00 other currencies   order no. 3828   details     inquire
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(Watkins Glen) 2 Early Watkins Glen Glen Difficulty & Mystic Gorge Stereoviews
Watkins Glen C.E.M. Taber Very Good 2 Stereo views depict: # 9 Mystic Gorges & # 20 Glen Difficulty; photography by George F. Gates of Watkins, NY; on back of cards is list of "Summer and Winter Scenery" Series; views are large square-mount type, 4 1/4" x 7"; printed on edge is "Lehigh Valley Railroad Watkins Glen Scenery."; slight edge, tips wear to mount cards, slight fading to images; very good condition.
Price: USD 20.00 other currencies   order no. 3829   details     inquire
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(Watkins Glen) 2 Early Watkins Glen Spectre Gorge Caynon Gorge Stereoviews
Watkins Glen C.E.M. Taber Very Good 2 Stereo views depict: # 8 Caynon Gorge & # 1(?) Spectre Gorge;photography by George F. Gates of Watkins, NY; views are large square-mount type, 4 1/4" x 7"; printed on edge is "Gems of American Scenery by G. F. Gates, Watkins, N.Y.."; slight edge, tips wear to mount card, slight fading to images; very good condition.
Price: USD 20.00 other currencies   order no. 3831   details     inquire
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(Watkins Glen) 2 Early Watkins Glen Cavern Fall & Long Stairs Matchless Scene Stereoviews
Watkins Glen C.E.M. Taber Very Good 2 Stereo views depict: # 6 Cavern Fall & Long Stairs & 14 Matchless Scene; photography by George F. Gates of Watkins, NY; on back of one card is list of "Summer and Winter Scenery" Series, the other with the stamp of Gates' studio on back; views are large square-mount type, 4 1/4" x 7"; printed on edge is "Scenery Lehigh Valley R.R."; slight edge, tips wear to mount cards, slight fading to images; very good condition.
Price: USD 20.00 other currencies   order no. 3832   details     inquire
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Roth, Philip The Breast
New York Holt Rinehart Winston 1972, First Edition Very Good Hard Cover Very Good First Edition stated on copyright page; light wear to volume and dustjacket, overall a very good plus copy.
Price: USD 25.00 other currencies   order no. 3859   details     inquire
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(North America Map) Bartholomew's General Map of North America
Edinburgh John Bartholomew & Son Very Good North America Map, color, mounted on linen; folded, original self-wraps; 28 1/2" x 37" approx. size; a couple of splits along folds, some browning along folds; a few old mounting pin holes; very good condition.
Price: USD 65.00 other currencies   order no. 3871   details     inquire
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(American Geographical Society) Environment and Conflict in Europe: Eighteen Basic Maps
New York American Geographical Society 1940, Second Edition Revised Soft Cover Very Good 30 pages, with two copies of the accompanying map; no slipcase; booklet slightly darkened, maps in very good condition, one better than the other.
Price: USD 25.00 other currencies   order no. 3874   details     inquire
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(American Geographical Society) Environment and Conflict in Europe: Eighteen Basic Maps
New York American Geographical Society 1939, First Edition Soft Cover Very Good 26 pages, with accompanying map, slipcase, lacks spine label; booklet slightly darkened; map in very good condition.
Price: USD 25.00 other currencies   order no. 3875   details     inquire
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Grafton, Sue "O" is for Outlaw
New York Henry Holt 1999, First Edition Very Good Hard Cover Very Good First edition number line "1" and first edition stated on copyright page; Near new condition, dustjacket and volume.
Price: USD 25.00 other currencies   order no. 3883   details     inquire
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(Transvaal) Bacon's New Map of Transvaal
London G.W. Bacon Good Linen-backed, color map; 28 1/2" x 20 1/2" approx. size; depicting the Orange Free State, Cape Colony, Damara Land, Great Nama-Land, Bechuanaland Protectorate, Bechuanaland, Zululand, Portuguese East Africa, South African Republic (Transvaal), other areas; insets of Durban & Port Natal, Mafeking to Pretoria, Laing's Nek & Vicinity; some splitting along old fold lines, no loss; map in original red cloth boards, spine taped, soiled and worn; previous owner name on endpaper; overall, good condition.
Price: USD 150.00 other currencies   order no. 3896   details     inquire
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Murrow, Edward R. & Fred W. Friendly (editors) See it Now: A Selection-In Text and Pictures
New York Simon & Schuster 1955, First Printing Very Good Hard Cover Very Good 209 pages, black and white illustrations; "...most widely discussed, most electric, most admired, and most rabidly condemned program on television..."; some dustjacket edge, tips wear, rubbing, darkened, price clipped; previous owner signature on endpaper; very good condition.
Price: USD 20.00 other currencies   order no. 3942   details     inquire
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Grotz, George The Furniture Doctor: Being Practical Information for Everybody About the Care, Repair, and Refinishing of Furniture...
New York Doubleday 1962, Good Hard Cover Very Good 286 pages, indexed; black and white illustrations; some dustjacket edge, tips wear, darkened; bottom spine end chipped; very good condition.
Price: USD 20.00 other currencies   order no. 3963   details     inquire
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Garnett, David (editor) The Letters of T. E. Lawrence
New York Doubleday Doran 1939, First Edition Good Hard Cover Very Good 896 pages, index; first edition stated on copyright page; black and white illustrations, fold out maps; some edge and tips wear to dustjacket, 1" chip on top front; very darkened, price clipped, still partially visible; previous owner bookplate; couple of related newspaper reviews laid-in; very good condition.
Price: USD 45.00 other currencies   order no. 3975   details     inquire
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Anderson, Camilla M. Saints, Sinners and Psychiatry
Philadelphia Lippincott 1950, Good Hard Cover Very Good 206 pages, indexed; some edges, tips wear to dustjacket, spine ends chipped, darkened; good condition.
Price: USD 20.00 other currencies   order no. 4024   details     inquire
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Feldman, A. Bronson The Unconscious in History
New York Philosophical Library 1950, First Edition Very Good Hard Cover Very Good 269 pages, referenced; some edges, tips wear to dustjacket; very good condition.
Price: USD 20.00 other currencies   order no. 4025   details     inquire
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(Go-Cart) Early Real Photo Go Cart Card
Very Good Card depicts two young men, one standing and one lad seated in a thin-wheeled go cart; slight edge, tips wear to card; unused; nice clear image; very good condition.
Price: USD 20.00 other currencies   order no. 4032   details     inquire
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(Pima Indian) Early Pima Indian Card 1907 Postmark
St. Louis Adolph Selige 1907, Very Good Card depicts # 2831 Pima Indian Camp; card used, postmarked1907 Youngstown Wash.; printed in Germany; "Southern Indian Life"; some edge, tips wear to card; very good condition.
Price: USD 20.00 other currencies   order no. 4034   details     inquire
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Oswalt, Wendell H. This Land Was Theirs: a Study of the North American Indian
New York Wiley 1966, First Edition Very Good Hard Cover Very Good 560 pages, indexed; a few black and white map illustrations, map endpapers; some edges, tips wear, rubbing to dustjacket, very good condition.
Price: USD 20.00 other currencies   order no. 4062   details     inquire
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(Abraham Lincoln) Lincoln in the South By Walter B. Hill
Boston The Youth's Companion 1905, Soft Cover Good In the February 9, 1905 issue of "The Youth's Companion": Volume 79, Number 6 issue, illustrated with a picture of Lincoln on the cover and in the article by Walter B. Hill, Chancellor of the University of Georgia; other stories by Rowland Thomas, with illustration by Ernest Fosberry, Mabel Nelson Thurston, Albert W. Tolman & many others, with all advertisements etc; some edge, tips wear and darkening, cover page splitting along old fold line; good condition.
Price: USD 20.00 other currencies   order no. 4073   details     inquire
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(Early Photography) Early Raffaello Ferretti CDV Port Said
Napoli Raffaello Ferretti 1882, Good Image identified on back, handwritten: A.S.E. Mensciani Bey Port Said 24 Octobre 1882; Photographer identified on back of mount as Raffaello Ferretti with his logo and awards, Napoli; some edge, tips wear to card mount, slight fade, spotting to image; one short scrape; good condition.
Price: USD 20.00 other currencies   order no. 4083   details     inquire
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(Prusssia) Early Bismarck of Prussia CDV
Good Image identified on back, handwritten: M. de Bismarck; some edge, tips wear to card mount, slight fade, spotting to image; good condition.
Price: USD 20.00 other currencies   order no. 4084   details     inquire
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(England Royalty) Early Duke of York & Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon Die-cut Standing Images
London Vandyk Good Die cuts with fold-out stands on back; Duke of York in RAF uniform, Lady Elizabeth in pearls & flapper-style dress; some edge, tips wear to card mount, spotting to images; good condition.
Price: USD 20.00 other currencies   order no. 4085   details     inquire
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(England Royalty) Funeral of H.M. King George V Entering St. George's Chapel, Windsor
England Good Image is identified on back as a British real-photo card; also on back of (unused) card is advertisement for the American Fur company of Henry Meshel, Brooklyn, NY; some edge, tips wear; top corner clipped; good condition.
Price: USD 20.00 other currencies   order no. 4089   details     inquire
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(England Royalty) Early Her Majesty Queen Alexandra Card
Toronto Litho Co. Good Eldest daughter of Christian IX of Denmark, married Edward VII of England; card used, postmarked Montreal 1902, lacks stamp; some edge, tips wear, crease; good minus condition.
Price: USD 20.00 other currencies   order no. 4090   details     inquire
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(England Royalty) King George VI & Queen Elizabeth 1939 Montreal
Good Banquet in honour of their majesties King George VI and Queen Elizabeth at The Windsor Hotel, Montreal, on May 18th, 1939; card unused; some edge, tips wear, good condition.
Price: USD 20.00 other currencies   order no. 4091   details     inquire
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(Sotheby's) Contemporary Art Part I
New York Sotheby's 1991, Soft Cover Very Good Illustrated in color, black and white; some fold-out plates; 68 lots; sale # 6164 name "Thruxton" April 30, 1991; artists include Andre, Bartlett, Calder, de Kooning, Guston, Hesse, Warhol, Rauschenberg, Motherwell, others; slight wear to paper covers, very good condition.
Price: USD 20.00 other currencies   order no. 4096   details     inquire
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(Europe Royalty) 3 Early Auguste Victoria Kaiserin Cards
Good 3 cards: # 1582 Unsere Kaiserin Verlag Von Gust. Liersch & Co. Berlin S.W., real photo, unused; one Stengel & Co. portrait, Dresden, unused and one Verlag Hermann Wolff, Berlin, used, postmarked 19.6.15. 11-12V 13. K.D. Feidpostexp. Jnf. Division; some edge, tips wear and darkenining; overall, good condition.
Price: USD 20.00 other currencies   order no. 4137   details     inquire
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(Europe Royalty) Die-cut Chromolithograph Kaiser Wilhelm Card
Good Card with a die-cut image of the Kaiser in color, laid onto a card with raised leaf pattern; colors still vibrant on the image; used, postmarked 6.12.15. 1-2 N K.D. Feldpostexp. 107. Jnf. Div.; some edge, tips wear and darkenining to card; good condition.
Price: USD 20.00 other currencies   order no. 4139   details     inquire
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(Europe Royalty) 2 Early Kaiser Wilhelm Portrait Cards One Color
Very Good 2 Cards: Kaiser portrait, Stengel & Co. Dresden, unused and color portrait card by Druckvon Christoph Reisser's Sohne, Wien V. Dem k.u.k. Kriegsfursorgeamt gewidmet, unused, portrait dated 1914, some edge, tips wear and darkening to cards, very good condition.
Price: USD 20.00 other currencies   order no. 4142   details     inquire
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(Europe Royalty) 2 Early Kaiser Wilhelm Portrait Cards Real Photo
Very Good 2 Cards: Kaiser portrait, F. Bieber Berlin, Deutsche Kriegskarte 1914, unused and anotherportrait, a real photo card of a sketch of the Kaiser, used, postmarked, a bit blurred, message dated 18.3.16, Berlin; slight edge, tips wear and darkening to cards; very good condition.
Price: USD 20.00 other currencies   order no. 4143   details     inquire
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(Napoleon) Early Les Quatre Napoleons CDV
Good Carte-de-visite image of the four Napoleons; A. Forda Paris photographers' logo on back of mount; slight edge, tips wear and darkening to card mount, good condition.
Price: USD 20.00 other currencies   order no. 4147   details     inquire
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(Napoleon) Early Napoleon At the Battle of the Arcole CDV
Very Good Carte-de-visite image of Napoleon pointing the way at the battle of Arcole; photographer unidentified; slight edge, tips wear and darkening to card mount, very good condition.
Price: USD 20.00 other currencies   order no. 4148   details     inquire
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(Paris) Early Rue De Rivoli Taupin Ledot Jeune CDV
Very Good Carte-de-visite photograph of a painted image of the Rue de Rivoli; Ledot Jeune Editeur 168, Rued de Rivoli Paris Photographie Taupin 45, Rue du POrt St. Ouen Paris Batignolles studio logo on back of mount; slight edge, tips wear and darkening to card mount; very good condition.
Price: USD 20.00 other currencies   order no. 4152   details     inquire
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((White Mountains) 1887 Fabyans Hotel White Mountains Stereo View
Littleton Kilburn Brothers 1887, Good View # 4565 We wait your Pleasure, Fabyans, White Mts. U.S.A.; Kilburn Bros logo on back of mount; early split-image type; slight edge, tips wear and darkening to mount card, slight fade to view; good condition
Price: USD 20.00 other currencies   order no. 4158   details     inquire
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(Aeroplane Manufacturing) Early Building U.S. Aeroplanes Factory Stereo View
Good View mount states:"Building U.S. Aeroplanes"; no publisher, date or other information; some edge, tips wear and darkening to mount card, edge stain to right, not affecting image; interesting for content; printed type, not laid-on photographs; good minus condition
Price: USD 20.00 other currencies   order no. 4160   details     inquire
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(Mussolini) 2 Silenzio Stradale Ca Passo Mussollini c' 'o Funerale
Two copies: 'E femmene napulitane sotto 'o vraccio c'Americano and Silenzio Stradale ca passo Mussollini c'o funerale, both by V. Vitella; on back is chart with pencil notations-Richiedente/Richiesto Tasse Percette Correntisti/Totale; 9" x 14 1/2" opened; folding sheets; edges, tips wear and some soiling, edge-chipping; good condition.
Price: USD 20.00 other currencies   order no. 4249   details     inquire
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(World War II) 3 WWII 1942 Camp Lee Comic Cards
Boston Tichnor 3 Cards: # MH 3, MH 12, MH 14; all postally cancelled marked "free", Camp Lee and Petersburg postmarks, 1942; all different images, all used, same author; slight edge, tips wear and darkening; very good condition.
Price: USD 20.00 other currencies   order no. 4252   details     inquire
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(Belgium) Early Reine Des Belges Mathilde Cabinet Card
Very Good Cabinet card photograph of a portrait of the Reine des Belges, identified in a contemporary hand on back of mount; no studio noted; slight edge, tips wear and darkening to card mount, bottom edge of card trimmed; good condition.
Price: USD 20.00 other currencies   order no. 4260   details     inquire
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(Belgium) 3 1934 Funeral of Albert I of Belgium Cards
1934, Good 3 cards depicting "Funerailles solennelles du Roi Albert I" (2-22-1934) of Belgium, military parade, all cards unused; no publisher noted; very good condition.
Price: USD 20.00 other currencies   order no. 4264   details     inquire
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Coates, Robert M. The Outlaw Years: The History of the Land Pirates of the Natchez Trace
New York Literary Guild of America 1930, Hard Cover Good 308 pages; black and white illustrated; map endpapers; some edge, tips wear and spine sunning; no dustjacket; good condition.
Price: USD 20.00 other currencies   order no. 4277   details     inquire
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(Wendell Wilkie) Wa Want Wilkie Presidential Flyer
New York Associated Wilkie Clubs of America "Who is Wendell Wilkie?..." campaign broadside flyer; with a black and white portrait of Wilkie on the front, biography and campaign platform information inside and back page reserved for quotes from supporters; 8 3/4" x 12" approx. size; some edge, tips wear and darkening, an interesting glimpse at the Wilkie policy and in good condition.
Price: USD 20.00 other currencies   order no. 4282   details     inquire
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(Suffolk County) 1924 Suffolk County Sunday School Association Letter & Tickets
1924, Good Group includes promotional letter from the Association promoting membership in the Sunday School Assoc.; with five ticket books which were to be used to sign folks up; each ticket book holds five tickets (one booklet with only 4); this all as a result of the Annual County Convention, Southampton, May 14, 1924; letter lists the membership committee, East End names; some edge, tips wear and darkening; good condition.
Price: USD 20.00 other currencies   order no. 4295   details     inquire
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(Union Library Association) 52nd Annual 1936-37 Holiday Catalog No. 277 of The Union Library Association: America's Oldest Mail-Order Book House
New York Union Library Association 1936, Soft Cover Good 66 pages + laid-in order form & envelope;with black and white illustrations of book covers and excerpted views; books are given full descriptions, useful for bibliographical research and also for gaining a glimpse of what was being read at the time; old fold line; top corner of last leaves chewed away, no loss to text; some edge, tips wear and darkening to soft paper wrap covers; good condition.
Price: USD 35.00 other currencies   order no. 4305   details     inquire
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(Union Library Association) Spring-Summer Catalog of Book Bargains No. 293 of The Union Library Association: America's Oldest Mail-Order Book House
New York Union Library Association Soft Cover Good 66 pages + laid-in order form & envelope; circa 1938; with black and white illustrations of book covers and excerpted views; books are given full descriptions, useful for bibliographical research and also for gaining a glimpse of what was being read at the time; old fold line;; some edge, tips wear and darkening to paper wrap covers; back cover with more wear and wear-through at fold line; good condition.
Price: USD 35.00 other currencies   order no. 4306   details     inquire
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(Canadian Pacific Hotels) Motoring to Canada: To Resorts Near at Hand
Canada Canadian Pacific Hotels Soft Cover Good 18 pages; illustrated in sepia tones, maps, hotels and sights; circa 1930; 7 3/4" x 9" approx. size of booklet; some tips, edge wear and dustiness to paper wrap covers; good condition.
Price: USD 20.00 other currencies   order no. 4417   details     inquire
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Mercier, Ernest The "Union D'electricite" and the Gennevilliers Station
Paris Revue Industrielle 1922, Soft Cover Very Good 48 pages of black and white illustrated text + 5 lafge fold-out plans at the end of the book + summary and contents pages, board of directors; book written by the Managing Director, translated by C.M. Popp; chapters include material on background of electricity in Paris after the War, Distributing lines, Power Station layout, boilers, economizers, switch gear, laboratories, coal handling, costs, much else; 9" x 12" approx. size of book; tips, edge wear and wrinkling to paper wrap covers; contents in very good condition and an excellent look at the power station of the 1920's, equipment and technology.
Price: USD 125.00 other currencies   order no. 4429   details     inquire
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Washburne, Hon. E.B. Speech of Hon. E. B. Washburne, of Illinois, on the Proposition to Limit the rates of Fare and Freight on the Pacific Railroad, Delivered in The House of Representatives, March 26, 1868. And Also, on the Miscellaneous Appropriation Bill, March 19, 1968
Soft Cover Good 14 pages; disbound from larger volume; Congressman Washburne, Whig and Republican from Illinois, fierce opponent of lobbyists and treasury raiders, one of the first "watchdogs of the treasury"...furthered the career of U.S. Grant; also a capable diplomat; he was the only official representative of a foreign government to remain in Paris throughout the siege and the Commune, 1871 (DAB); 5" x 8" approx. size of booklet; slight tips, edge and spine ends wear to paper wrap covers; in good condition.
Price: USD 65.00 other currencies   order no. 4437   details     inquire
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(Little Falls) Development of Little Falls: a Brief Account of Conditions and Happenings Which Compelled the Settlement and Development of This City, with Some Reference to Present Conditions
Little Falls NY Committee Organized to Celebrate 1911, Soft Cover Very Good 96 pages; black and white illustrated, map; covers history of the town with historical photographs; Main street fifty years ago, When the Palatines Came, In the Revolution, Little Falls in 1827, the Proprietors, Old No. 1 Fire Company & Headquarters, much else; slight edge, tips wear to paper wrap covers, 1/2" closed tear on final leaf; strangely, the illustration on p. 75 of the Hinchman House, is bound in upside down-the following page is correctly printed; contents in very good condition.
Price: USD 85.00 other currencies   order no. 4454   details     inquire
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(Chrysler) How to Get the Most Out of Your Beautiful Chrysler Model C-48
Michigan Chrysler Corporation Second Edition Soft Cover Very Good 44 pages; black and white illustrated throughout, red highlights; equipment, engines, automobiles, tools for the new owner; 5 1/2" x 8 1/2" approx. size of booklet; slight edge, tips wear to paper wrap covers; very good condition.
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(Richardson & Boynton Co.) Truth About Heating
New York Richardson & Boynton Co. Soft Cover Good not paginated but 27 pages; promotional brochure for Richardson & Boynton Co., heating apparatus manufacturers since 1837; brochure circa 1900; "...heating with a defective heater means ill-health and therefore unhappiness..."; illustrated in black and white, with highlights in brown; 5" x 7" approx. size of pamphlet; slight edge, tips wear to original paper wrap covers, one leaf with 1/2" closed edge-tear; good condition.
Price: USD 20.00 other currencies   order no. 4540   details     inquire
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(Noumea) New Caledonia Illustrated
Noumea Imprimeries Reunies 1942, Soft Cover Good 32 pages; black and white illustrations of the island; Native Canaque people, in costume, some traditional garb; views of the interior, St. Louis, etc; a few line drawings also; an interesting mid-Second World War view of this community, with some last glimpses of native life from previous years; 5 3/4 " x 9" approx. size of booklet; slight edges, tips, spine ends wear, to original paper wraps; printed in Noumea on acid paper, somewhat browned, illustrations dark; overall, in good condition.
Price: USD 35.00 other currencies   order no. 4646   details     inquire
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Moorehead, Alan The Traitors: The Double Life of Fuchs, Pontecorvo, and Nunn May
London White Lion 1974, First English Edition Very Good Hard Cover Very Good 222 pages, sources; a few black and white illustrations; slight dustjacket tips and edgewear, darkened; in very good condition.
Price: USD 25.00 other currencies   order no. 4686   details     inquire
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Huxley, Juliette Leaves of the Tulip Tree
Topsfield Massachusetts Salem House 1987, First Edition Very Good Hard Cover Very Good 248 pages, indexed; black and white illustrated; slight dustjacket wear; very good condition
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(New York History) New York History Vol. XXI No. 3 July 1940
Cooperstown New York State Historical Association 1940, Soft Cover Very Good 127 pages; articles include: Parade of World's Fairs; Great Patron of Science; The Loyalist Problem; Washington on Long Island; New York Italo-Americans, Aaron Hamton's Diary, others; a few black and white illustrations, slight wear and fading to soft covers; very good condition.
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Conover, George S. The Birth-Place of Sa-go-ye-wat-ha, or the Indian Red Jacket. The Great Orator of the Senecas. With A Few Incidents of His Life.
Waterloo New York Waterloo Library and Historical Society 1884, Soft Cover Good 22 page pamphlet; with black and white line woodcut portraits of George S. Conover and Fred H. Furniss; beneath both portraits in pencil a contemporary hand has written an Indian name and clan, Furniss being Turtle Clan Seneca and Conover Wolf Clan Seneca; pamphlet is 5 3/4" x 8 3/4" approx. size; Laid-in is a dedicatory broadside poem, circa 1890, 3 3/4" x 10 1/2" size, printed on newsprint stock by J. H. Hardy, called "Fernwood By Moonlight"; Fernwood being a park built by Furniss at Crystal Springs, Yates County, NY; and a couple of small related contemporary newspaper clippings; sewn as issued; no additional covering wraps; in good condition.
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(J.H. Day & Co.) Catalogue and Price-List of Special Machinery, 1890
Cincinnati J.H. Day 1890, 64 pages; Product catalogue from the J.H. Day Co. of Cincinnati, successors to The Hunter Manufacturing Co.; illustrated throughout; "...for Bakers, Millers, Grocers, Druggists, Chemists, Perfumers...etc." products include: Hunter's Lightning Sifter and Mixer, Hand Power and Power models, Giant Dough Mixer, Egg Beater, Improved Pneumatic Sponge Beater, Dough Dividing Machine, Champion Cake Dropping Machine, Crushing and Grinding Mills, Pulp Rubbing Machine, Emulsifier, Day's Pomade Washer, Pill Mass Mixer, Drug Disintegrators and Mills, Pill Coater, Well Tube Percolator, Paint Mixers, Packers, Hair Picker, Sand Dryer, Bolting Reels, Electric Motors, Engines, others; cover vignette of the company building; 6" x 9" approx. size of booklet; some edge, tips wear, darkening to original paper wrap covers; good condition.
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(Palmer Bros. Engines Inc.) Palmer Marine Engines
Cos Cob Connecticut Palmer Bros. Engines Inc. Soft Cover Good Not paginated but 44 pages; black andwhite illustrated with the motors and engines, parts, marine engine conversions etc. produced by Palmer Bros. of Cos Cob; 6" x 9" approx. size booklet; laid-in parts price list for 1927; one section dated 1937; some edge, tips wear to covers; very good condition.
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(Paris Art Editions) La Beaute: 1926-1927 Album XXX
Paris Paris Art Editions 1927, Soft Cover Good Not paginated but 32 pages; black and white illustrated with nudes; "The most beautiful photographs of the most beautiful models...The collection of "La Beaute" forms the most priceless documentation for painters, sculptors, and art students...Each album contains 75 reproductions of hitherto unpublished photographs. These are grouped in sets of five photos showing the same model in the same surroundings but in five different attitudes"; this group numbered 2296-2370; backgrounds and decor of the time; 6 1/4" x 7 1/4" approx. size booklet; original wraps, in a faux watered-silk paper type; some edge, tips wear to fragile covers, spine splitting; good condition.
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(Paris Art Editions) La Beaute: 1926-1927 Album XXXI
Paris Paris Art Editions 1927, Soft Cover Good Not paginated but 32 pages; black and white illustrated with nudes; "The most beautiful photographs of the most beautiful models...The collection of "La Beaute" forms the most priceless documentation for painters, sculptors, and art students...Each album contains 75 reproductions of hitherto unpublished photographs. These are grouped in sets of five photos showing the same model in the same surroundings but in five different attitudes"; this group numbered 2371-2445; backgrounds and decor of the time; 6 1/4" x 7 1/4" approx. size booklet; original wraps, in a faux watered-silk paper type; some edge, tips wear to fragile covers, spine splitting; good condition.
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(Winchester Repeating Arms company) Winchester Quality Products
New Haven Connecticut Winchester Repeating Arms Company 233 pages; illustrated in black and white throughout with the products offered by this company: Guns, Ammunition, Flashlights, Batteries, Fishing Tackle, Ice and Roller Skates , Cutlery, Tools, Knives, more; circa 1930's; 5 3/4" x 7 3/4" approx. size of book; a few notations by previous owner on prices; some edge, tips wear, wrinkling, to original paper wraps; previous owner name on front endpaper, annotations at back; good condition.
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Ketring, Ruth Anna Charles Osborn in the Anti-Slavery Movement
Columbus Ohio The Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society 1937, First Edition Hard Cover Very Good xii + 94 pages; Charles Osborn (1775-1850) Quaker minister, Abolitionist; started the publication of "The Philanthropist" Anti-Slavery newspaper, from Mt. Pleasant, Ohio "...advocated the doctrine of emancipation and the impropriety of using the products of slavery. (According to the preface) This paper seems to have been the first in the United States to advocate these principles..."; Vol. VII of the Ohio Historical Collections; dark brown cloth, gilt spine titles; slight edge, tips wear, to binding; very good condition.
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(U.S. Navy) Record of the Medals of Honor Issued to the Bluejackets and Marines of the United States Navy, 1862-1888
Washington DC GPO 1888, First Edition Hard Cover Very Good 72 pages; "Roll of Honor; being a Recordof the Medals of Honor issued to the Enlisted Men and Marines of the Navy, Under Authority of the Congress of the United States, for deeds of Gallantry and Heroism in times of War and Peace. This record is... especially commended to the rising generation of American seamen, that they may emulate the deeds of their heroic predecessors..."; original cloth, gilt cover titles; occasional pencil number, probably for those names who were people from Indiana; previous owner has totaled names on back endpaper; previous owner signature on endpaper; some edge, tips wear and rubbing, pinhole in binding; good condition and clean.
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(Free Soil Movement) Reunion of the Free Soilers of 1848-1852 at the Parker House, Boston Massachusetts June 28, 1888
Cambridge John Wilson & Son 1888, First Edition Soft Cover Very Good 87 pages; the "Free Soil Party" which was the legitimate precursor of the Republican Party , was a combination of political abolitionists, anti-slavery factions and Democratic defectors; prominent in the elections of 1848 and 1852; the party nominated Martin Van Buren and Charles Adams for the Presidential ticket, who were unsuccessful in their bid for office; however, the "Free Soilers" succeeded in sending representatives to the House and Senate who by their ability exercised an influence out of proportion to their number (DAB); list of persons present, addreses of Edward L. Pierce, Samuel E. Sewall, Francis W. Bird, Edward Atkinson, Horace E. Smith, Thomas Drew & others; original paper wraps; just a bit of dustiness; very good condition.
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Jefferson, Thomas Message from the President of the United States, Stating a Requisition Made By the Bey of Tunis, on the Government of the United States. April 14, 1806. Read, and Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means
City of Washington A. & G. Way 1806, Soft Cover Very Good 4 sides; printed letterpress by Way of Washington; message to the Senate and House of Representatives by Thomas Jefferson; regarding the disposition ofa cruiser with two prizes "all of trifling value" which the Bey of Tunis wanted back, with Jefferson's recommendations; slight edge, tips wear and light foxing, good paper stock; disbound; very good condition.
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Davis, Jefferson Reply of Hon. Jefferson Davis, of Mississippi, to the Speech of Senator Douglas, in the U.S. Senate, May 16 and 17, 1860.
Baltimore Maryland Murphy & Co. 16 pages; "The Senate resumed the consideration of the Resolutions submitted by Mr. Davis on the 1st of March, relative to State rights, the institution of slavery in the States, and the rights of citizens of the several States in the Territories."; Jefferson Davis standing for the rights of slave owners in the slave-holding states as well as the rights of new Territories and the lack of Constitutional provision for Congress to change what is given; at the same time, seemingly making a plea for peace within the Democratic Party- "...I desire no divided flag for the democratic party..." and at the same time, standing firm on the convictions of the South which he represented, with more than a bit of challenge in the words: "...we who have not invited the conflict shrink not from the trial; we will plant our flag on every hill and plain; it shall overlook the Atlantic and welcome the sun as he rises from its dancing waters; it shall wave adieu as he sinks to repose in the quiet Pacific..."; reveals the building pressure of the national debate on these issues, on the eve of the Civil War; stapled self-wraps; some edge, tips wear; good condition
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Day, Timothy C. The Democratic Party as it Was and as it is! Speech of Hon. Timothy C. Day, of Ohio, In the House of Representatives, April 23, 1856
Washington, D.C. Buell & Blanchard 1856, Soft Cover Good 7 pages; Timothy C. Day's polemic regarding the changed Democratic party: "...That great and glorious part of the past, with its living ideas, resolves and bold deeds, is now...the party of privileged power. With one foot on the heel and the other on the head of the negro...the lion of Democracy has become the jackal of slavery..." and more; 6" x 9 1/4" approx. size, self-wraps; some edge, tips wear and darkening to paper, good condition.
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Wilson, Henry The Republican and Democratic Parties: What They Have Done, and What They Propose to Do. Speech of Hon. Henry Wilson, At the Republican Mass Meeting at Bangor, Me., August 27, 1868.
Washington, D.C. Union Republican Congressional Committee 1868, Soft Cover Good 16 pages; Henry Wilson (1812-1875); shoemaker, lawyer, Massachusetts legislator and statesman and vice president of the United States under Grant; An ardent opponent of slavery, he constantly urged Lincoln to declare emancipation as a war measure. Independent of mind, he never lost sympathy with the working people..." (DAB); in this pamphlet he comes out strongly for Grant and Republicanism and very opposed to his old enemies Horatio Seymour, Blair, Toombs and Cobb; gives the history of the parties and describes the present state of affairs; at back is two pages of the official "Platform of the Republican Party", enumerating points and issues; 5 3/4" x 9" approx. size, self-wraps; some edge, tips wear and foxing to paper, especially first and last pages and edges; otherwise good condition.
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(Collins Line) Speech of Mr. Edson B. Olds, Of Ohio, on the Collins Line of Steamers. Delivered In the House of Representatives, February 15, 1855
Washington, D.C. J. T. & Lem Towers 1855, Soft Cover Good 56 pages; (from the title page) "The contest between the Collins Line and the Cunard Line has been eminently a National contest. And this is the testimony of an Englishman-the testimony of an experienced British naval officer- and after reading it, what American would strike down these noble vessels?"; Edward Knight Collins (1802-1878) shipowner & operator of packet lines to Vera Cruz and New Orleans; started the Collins line of mail steamers in competition with the British Cunard concern, exceeding their speed and attracting the cream of the passenger trade; this forced the reduction of British freight rates. Unfortunately, several disasters overtook the experiment and he was forced to dissolve the company in 1858; this speech is a good defense of "why" we should be competing with Cunard and reasons for keeping American maritime interests vital; 5 3/4" x 9" approx. size; lacks cover wraps; side-sewn; some edge, tips wear and foxing to paper; good condition.
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Stuckey, Charles Manet
Mount Vernon NY The Artist's Limited Edition 1983, First Edition Soft Cover Very Good 17 pages + 6 page exhibition list; color illustrated throughout; laid-in are two folder/mailers from the exhibition from the Met; a Medaenas Monograph, designed by Michael Hentges, printed by A. Colish; 13" x 10" approx. size; some edge, tips wear; very good condition.
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Disney, Hon. David T. Speech of Hon. David T. Disney, of Ohio, on the the Power of Congress Over the Territories. Delivered in the House of Representatives, March 13, 1850.
Washington D.C. Congressional Globe 1850, Soft Cover Good 14 page pamphlet; Disney speaks of California and New Mexico and the western territories of the United States and how ultimately, the people should be left to decide whether or not they should become slave states or not, and that their past predelictions will determine the outcome; he also gives interpretation to the relevant passage in the Constitution; he speaks passionately at the end of his speech, ten years before the event, : "...The result is in the future. The wild chariot of civil war may be driven over the dead body of the Republic...man will become a slave to gratify his passions."; original self-wraps, string bound; 6" x 9 1/2" approx. size; some edge, tips wear to original paper; old dampstain and foxing; good condition.
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Cox, S.S. Speech of Hon. S.S. Cox, of Ohio, on Territorial Expansion. Delivered in the House of Representatives, January 18, 1859.
Lemuel Towers 1859, Soft Cover Good 16 page pamphlet; mostly concerned with this representatives "take" on the Monroe Doctrine of expansion for the Union, a canal at the isthmus in Central America, his concern for the U.S. southern border, California and Mexican relations and efforts to give stability to the region; Samuel Sullivan Cox (1824-1889); active in securing legislation for development of the West, a liberal, independent thinker; after the Civil War he favored complete amnesty for Confederates; consistently opposed centralizing tendencies in government and infringement of personal rights; original self-wraps, disbound, front a and back sheets loose; 6" x 9 1/2" approx. size; some edge, tips wear to original paper; some dustiness; good condition.
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Shorter, Eli S. Speech of Hon. Eli S. Shorter, of Alabama, on the Massachusetts Personal Liberty Bill and the Constitutional Rights of the South. Delivered in the House of Representatives April 9, 1856
Washington D.C Union Office 1856, Soft Cover Good 16 page pamphlet; Shorter contending that Massachusetts has gone beyond what is allowed as a state's rights with it's bill, Alabama's slave holding rights go beyond the Constitution, since they devolve from the authority of the state and concluding that "...the peace of the country requires that this fanatical abolition spirit should be crushed..."; original paper wraps, some leaves unopened; 6" x 9 1/2" approx. size; some edge, tips wear to original paper; some dustiness; back leaf with a 1" closed tear; good condition.
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N.S. Townshend The Union of the Democracy-Resolutions of '98. Speech of Hon. N.S. Townshend, of Ohio, Delivered In the House of Representatives, March 17, 1852
Washington D.C Congressional Globe Soft Cover Good 7 page pamphlet; demonstrates how the slavery issue should not divide the Democratic Party and his concerns about securing the harmony of the party; his opinions are disavowed as not belonging to the rest of the Ohio contingent (by Edgerton); after the speech is included a copy of the original draft of the Kentucky Resolution of 1798 prepared by Thomas Jefferson original paper wraps, some leaves unopened; 6" x 9 1/2" approx. size; some edge, tips wear to original paper; some dustiness; back leaf with a 1" closed tear; good condition.
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