Christopher Columbus Discoverer of America
Boston: John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company, (1926). Softcover. Reprint. 16mo. Stapled wrappers. 16pp. Owner's name on front wrap, else very good. More
Americana
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[Circular broadside]: Dear Sir: It is proposed to have an informal meeting at Saratoga, N.Y., on Wednesday morning, August 21, 1878, to consider the feasibility and expediency of establishing an American Bar Association
[New Haven, Conn.]: Simeon E. Baldwin (and others), 1878. Unbound. First edition. Single small printed quarto leaf (approximately 8.5" x 10"). Old inoffensive folds, a small tear, slight age-toning, a very good or better example. Archivally dry-mounted, and matted, easily removable. The circular letter that was the foundation document of..... More
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[Circulating Library Label]: Edward Mirick's Norfolk Circulating Library
Norfolk, [Virginia]: Edward Mirick's Norfolk Circulating Library, [circa 1795]. Unbound. Small label for an American circulating library, essentially a private business that rented out books. Approximately 4.5" x 3.5". Edges irregularly cut, name ("John G. Lambright") written on label, some age-toning, but a pleasing piece of American printing. More
City Directory of Columbia, S. C. 1927
Columbia, South Carolina: The State Company Printers and Publishers, 1927. Hardcover. 1927 edition. Tall, thick octavo. 745, [3]pp. Map on rear endpaper. Ads. Printed quarter red cloth and printed green cloth, with advertising on the page edges. Ownership stamp of the Roddy Motor Co. (an advertiser in the book) repeated..... More
Civil War Battlefield Parks of Virginia
Richmond, Virginia: Department of Conservation and Economic Development/ Virginia State Travel Service, (ca1975). Softcover. Later printing. Stapled wrappers. Illustrated with photographs and map drawings. Near fine with yellow blotch on rear cover. More
Class Book. Amherst College, Class of '80. Twenty-Fifth Anniversary. June 24-28, 1905
[Amherst, Massachusetts: Amherst Collge], 1905. Hardcover. Oblong quarto. Unpaged, illustrated from photographs. Split purple and white cloth gilt. Some soiling on the boards, a trifle foxed on the foredge, very good or better. Anniversary book juxtaposing photos from college years with current photos. More
A Classified and Descriptive Directory to the Charitable and Beneficent Societies and Institutions of the City of Baltimore
Baltimore: Charity Organization Society of Baltimore City, 1885. Hardcover. First edition. 16mo. 110pp. Original brown cloth, black-stamped title on front and spine. Preliminary advertisements on pink pages. Ex-library with pages stamped, small sticker on front pastedown, owner's name on front fly, still very good. More
The Clergyman's Advice to his Parishioners: Explaining What They Are To Believe And Do in Order To Be Saved. Addressed chiefly to those who are of the Younger Sort
New York: Printed by T. and J. Swords, 1803. Softcover. First American edition. 46, [2]pp. Original stitched wrappers. Lacking the front wrap, title page soiled and chipped at the edges, else a good untrimmed copy. Scarce in the trade. *OCLC* locates only 5 copies. More
The Clock That Talks and What It Tells: A Portrait Story of the Maker: Hon. Walter Folger, Jr., Astronomer, Mathematician, Navigator, Lawyer, Judge, Legislator, Congressman, Philosopher
Nantucket Island, Massachusetts: Whaling Museum Publications, (1954). Hardcover. Edition not specified. Fine in price-clipped very good or better dustwrapper with some modest rubbing. More
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[Cloth Banner]: Drink the Genuine Blue Lick. The Queen of Health Waters from the Famous Blue Lick Springs of Ky. Awarded Gold Medal Over 100 Competitors at La. Purchase Exposition
Dayton, Ohio: The Acme Sign Printing Co., [circa 1905-1915]. Unbound. Silk screened banner on thin canvas or muslin lettered in yellow and white on a blue background, in an older and possibly contemporary wood frame painted black. Approximately 48" x 12". Some slight rubbing on the lettering, mostly near the..... More
Codigo Penal para el Distrito Federal y el Territorio de la Baja California, Reformado y adicionado en virtual de la autorization concedida al Ejecutivo por Decreto de 1. de Junio de 1880 [with] Codigo de Procedimientos Civiles para el Distrito Federal y el Territorio de la Baja California, Sobre Delitos del Fuero Comun, y para toda la Republica Mexicana, sobre delitos contra la Federacion.
Chihuahua: Libreria de Donato Miramontes, 1883. Hardcover. Two volumes. Tall octavo. More or less uniformly bound (although the first volume is in diced cloth; the second in pebbled cloth) with similar stamping and gilt titles. Old library stamps on first couple of leaves, and some modest holes in the gutters..... More
Coleccion de las Leves, Decretos y Providencias Importantes Espedidas por las Supremas Autoridades de la Republica Mexicana. Ano de 1838. Formada en obsequio de los Senores Suscritores del Republicano. N.2
Mexico [City]: Imprenta de Ignacio Cumplido, 1846. Softcover. First edition. Volume Two only. 95pp. (pp. 91-186). Untrimmed printed wrappers. Unopened. LOC surplus duplicate stamp, faint ownership signature (Dr. Servando Gonzales?) chipping to wrappers, front wrap detached, a good copy. A collection of circulars, broadsides, and orders issued during a critical..... More
A Collection of 15 Paper Specimen Books Distributed by the Cleveland Paper Company, circa 1950s-60s
Cleveland, Ohio: [circa 1950s-60s]. Softcover. A collection of 15 paper sample books containing paper specimens manufactured by over ten different paper companies in the United States. All 15 books were distributed by the Cleveland Paper Company, circa 1950s-60s. The collection consists of 10 oblong octavos and 2 standard octavos in..... More
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A Collection of Hymns, for the use of the Protestant Church of the United Brethren [bound with] Supplement to the Hymn-Book for the use of the Protestant Church of the United Brethren
Philadelphia: Printed by Conrad Zentler, 1813. Hardcover. Reprint (the first title originally published in 1801). Full calf. Contemporary owner's name, some erosion and rubbing to the boards, pages foxed, and clipping on front pastedown, a sound, good copy. More
Collection of Pennsylvania Railroad Company Material
[Circa 1939]. Unbound. A collection of material related to The Pennsylvania Railroad Company from the 1930 and '40s. Included are four manuals of diner cars and coaches with blueprints tipped in; internal company guidebooks for the various technical systems on trains; various equipment manuals including schematics; several train-related manufacturer brochures;..... More
Collection of Photos of the Renegade Biker Club, including a Small Concert by David Allan Coe
[Mid-1970s to early 1980s]. Unbound. A group of 50 amateur color snapshot photographs. Various sizes between 1" x 3" and 3" x 3". Mostly undated, about half have been captioned on the verso, depicting daily life in the Renegade Biker Gang from the mid-1970s and early 1980s. Several are trimmed..... More
Collection of Vernacular Original Hand-Painted Posters for the American Legion Created by Girls
[Sanford, Maine]: Sanford High School, [circa 1946]. Unbound. 15 large and colorful hand-painted posters. Each is approximately 14" x 20". Poster paint on artists board. There is some modest rubbing, light soiling, and edgewear, all of the examples are very good or better. 13 of the artists, each one a...... More
Collections of the New Brunswick Historical Society. No. 6
Saint John, N.B. The Sun Printing Company, Limited, 1905. Softcover. First edition. Blue printed wrappers. Small chips and tears, very good or better. More
Collections of the New York Historical Society. Second Series. Volume III.-Part I
New York: D. Appleton & Company, 1857. Hardcover. First edition. Quarter cloth and printed paper over boards. Bookplate front pastedown, dampstains in the gutters and margins, some light pencil notes in text. Translations and reprintings of early accounts, including De Vries. "Voyages from Holland to America 1632-1644" More
Collections of the New-York Historical Society for the Year 1869
New York: (The Trow & Smith Book Manufacturing Company), 1870. Hardcover. 560pp. Green pebbled cloth, gilt-stamped spine. Some page edges unopened and dampstained, spine ends chipped, corners bumped, a good only copy. Publication Fund Series. More
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[Color Silk Screen Poster]: Senate Beer; Remembered Pleasure
Washington, D.C. Chr. Heurich Brewing Co., [circa 1950]. Unbound. Color Silk Screen Poster on cardboard. Measures approximately 28" x 11". Two vertical cracks at the left edge, else good with scattered spotting. Advertisement broadside featuring a glass of Senate Beer with a golf club and "hole-in-one" trophy. German immigrant Christian..... More
Come with me to Shenvalee Hotel on the Southern Limits of New Market, VA
AAA Hotel, [circa1920]. Softcover. Oblong 48mo. [8pp.] Stapled wrappers. Illustrated with black and white photographs. Near fine. *OCLC* locates no copies. More
Commerce Yearbook 1929 (Seventh Number): Vol. I: United States
Washington, DC: Department of Commerce / Government Printing Office, 1929. Hardcover. First edition. Volume one only. 720pp. Tan buckram stamped in black. Illustrated with fold out map and charts. Contemporary owner's name penned on front fly, clothand page fine edges modestly soiled, corners lightly bumped, very good. More
Commonwealth of Virginia: Map of Warren County showing the Primary and Secondary Highway System
Richmond, Virginia: Department of Highways, 1938. Unbound. Revised July 1,1938. 24 X 24 inches, one page folded. Some red notations of Civil War locations drawn on map, thus good. More
Complete Dispersal Sale Ralph W. Gill Full French Herd
Tyler, Texas: Jernigans Charolais Sales Management, 1976. Softcover. First edition. Quarto. 76pp. Illustrated from photographs. Photographically illustrated stapled wrappers. Foxing on the wrappers, prices realized in ink in the text, else very good or better. Attractive auction catalog for a herd of cattle. Note laid in from someone connected with..... More