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Albany's Historic Street: A Collection of Some of the Historic Facts and Interesting Traditions Relating to State Street & its Neighborhood
Albany NY: National Savings Bank. Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards lightly worn. 1918. Hardcover. xviii 44pp many historic photos and other illustrations. History of State Street in Albany New York. Published to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the National Savings Bank. Tan cloth spine with blue paper-covered boards. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall . National Savings Bank hardcover
Bookseller reference : 54982
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Alberton and area: A pictorial experience through time
Alberton Historical Preservation Foundation 2000. Book. Good. Soft cover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. The bottom edge of the book may have been damp as the pages are wavy. Previous owner's name and a small sticker on title page. Alberton is in Prince Edward Island. Alberton Historical Preservation Foundation Paperback
Bookseller reference : 010093 ISBN : 0968775705 9780968775707
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Allegheny & Monongahela Rivers Navigation Charts - January 1977
Pittsburgh District U. S. Army Corps of Engineers 1977. Book. Fine. Spiral Bound. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Stiff pictorial wraps spiral-bound oblong format. 14 21 charts. Essentially as issued. Pittsburgh District, U. S. Army Corps of Engineers Paperback
Bookseller reference : 053988
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Allentown Pa. Bicentennial 1762-1962 / Lehigh County Sesquicentennial 1812-1962
Allentown PA: Allentown Bicentennial Committee 1962. Book. Near Fine. Cloth. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. History of City of Allentown and Lehigh County. Many period ads. Scarce hardcover edition blue buckram gilt lettering. 232 pp. Mere hints of rubbing at extremities slight binding lean nearly as issued. No. 70 of a limited hardcover edition issued to Ernest Andrews. Allentown Bicentennial Committee Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 019916
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Allentown Pa. Bicentennial 1762-1962 / Lehigh County Sesquicentennial 1812-1962 No. 830 of Limited Hardbound Edition
Allentown PA: Allentown Bicentennial Committee 1962. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. History of City of Allentown and Lehigh County. Many period ads. 232 pp. Very slight shelf wear virtually as issued. No. 830 of the limited hardcover edition. Scarce as such. Allentown Bicentennial Committee Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 016243
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Allentown Pa. Bicentennial 1762-1962 / Lehigh County Sesquicentennial 1812-1962
Allentown PA: Allentown Bicentennial Committee 1962. Book. Very Good. Cloth. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. History of City of Allentown and Lehigh County. Many period ads. Scarce hardcover edition blue cloth gilt lettering. 232 pp. Very slightly rubbed edges and extremities a few surface abrasions to cloth lightly soiled endpapers spotted spine panel and lightly spotted over portions of front and rear covers minor blemishes. No. 359 of a limited edition. Allentown Bicentennial Committee Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 002156
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Allentown Pa. Bicentennial 1762-1962 / Lehigh County Sesquicentennial 1812-1962
Allentown PA: Allentown Bicentennial Committee 1962. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. History of City of Allentown and Lehigh County. Many period ads. Softcover edition pictorial stiff paper wraps. 232 pp. Slight spine lean light wear to edges. Allentown Bicentennial Committee Paperback
Bookseller reference : 002599
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Allisonian 1964 Mount Allison University Yearbook Sackville New Brunswick
1964. Book. Good. Hardcover. Maroon covers. Various signature of previous owner's peers inside the book. Lots of photos. A very thick heavy book there will be an additional cost to mail overseas. Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 011676
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Allisonian 1962 Mount Allison University Yearbook Sackville New Brunswick
1962. Book. Good. Hardcover. Maroon vinyl covers. Various signature of previous owner's peers inside the book. Lots of photos. A very thick heavy book there will be an additional cost to mail overseas. Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 011675
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Allisonian 1961 Mount Allison University Yearbook Sackville New Brunswick
1961. Book. Good. Hardcover. White vinyl covers are discoloured with age. Various signature of previous owner's peers inside the book. Lots of photos. A very thick heavy book there will be an additional cost to mail overseas. Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 011674
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American and British Claims Arbitration: Cayuga Indians - Answer of the United States
1914. Book. VG. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Dark blue buckram lettered in gilt. Minor rubbing to spine extremities and joints. ii133 pp. No publisher given. Claim stamp dated 1 Jan. 1914 at top corner of main title "Attorney General's Office" stamp at top corner of p. 1. A few minor internal marks in pencil. Scarce. Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 058748
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AMERICAN REVOLUTION ROSTER: FORT SULLIVAN LATER FORT MOULTRIE 1776-1780: BATTLE OF FORT SULLIVAN; EVENTS LEADING TO FIRST DECISIVE VICTORY.
Fort Sullivan Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution. 1976. Hardcover. Occasional notes in ink; newspaper clipping on Fort Sullivan taped to front free endpaper resulting in severe browning. Minor cover wear; textblock edges foxed. Hinges sound uncracked. No DJ. . Fort Sullivan Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution, hardcover
Bookseller reference : 28058
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American Works on Paper
Philadelphia PA: Schwarz Gallery 2002. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Philadelphia Collection LXIX. Color pictorial wraps. Slight shelf wear. 41 pp. fully illus. in color b&w. 160 catalogued/captioned works. Schwarz Gallery Paperback
Bookseller reference : 022238
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An Address to the Citizens of Philadelphia Relative to Several Ordinances concerning Fire Wood . . . Calculated to be No Less Useful to the Inhabitants of the Northern Liberties and the District of Southwark
Philadelphia Pa: J.W. Scott 1808. Paperback. Very Good -. Title page continued: "With Observations on the cording it its qualities and the grievances we lie under by not having sufficient room to cord it in a reasonable time after it has come to market where more landings may be made or the present enlarged &c. &c." 39 1 p.; 21 cm. Last page contains an advertisement for a weekly literary publication The Eye sold at the printer's bookstore. Disbound from a nonce volume. Not in Early American Imprints 2nd series Shaw & Shoemaker. A detailed discussion of the use of firewood in the city of Philadelphia and the various city ordinances regulating its sale within the city signed Another Citizen p. 34. The printer John Welwood Scott started The Religious Remembrancer in 1813 which has been called the first religious weekly published in the United States. He was ordained as a Presbyterian minister in 1824. Extremely scarce early 19th-century Philadelphia publication. In Very Good- Condition: disbound; scattered foxing most prominent on title page and last page advertisement; otherwise clean. J.W. Scott paperback
Bookseller reference : 001587
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An Historical Celebration 225 Years of Firefighting in Halifax 1768-1993 The People and Events that Shaped the Halifax Fire Department
1993. Book. Fair. Soft cover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Paper covers are wavy and creased. Front cover and bottom edge of several pages are stained. Something may have been spilled on it. Paperback
Bookseller reference : 008134
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An Introduction to Historic Resources in Washington County NY
<p>Washington County Planning Board. Very Good; Covers worn owner stamped and embossed on several pages gift . inscription on front free endpaper. 1984. Second Edition. Softcover. x 133pp many photos and maps. A great overview of historic houses buildings and other structures in Washington County New York located on the Vermont border. ; Oblong 8vo 8" to 9" tall .</p> Washington County Planning Board paperback
Bookseller reference : 61481
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And The River Rolled On. Two Hundred Years on the Nashwaak
Nashwaak Bicentennial Association 1984. Book. Good. Soft cover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Lots of photos and history of the area. Nashwaak Bicentennial Association Paperback
Bookseller reference : 010327 ISBN : 096916470x 9780969164708
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Annals North British Society Halifax Nova Scotia with Portraits and Biographical Notes 1968 - 1983
Halifax N.S.: McCurdy Printing & Typesetting Limited 1984. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Blue covers with gilt lettering are in very good condition interior is clean and unmarked. McCurdy Printing & Typesetting Limited Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 002674
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Announcement of the Cobleskill School of Agriculture and Home Economics 1937-1938
<p>Albany NY: J. B. Lyon Company. Very Good; Covers lightly toned. 1937. Softcover. Twenty-second annual announcement. Light green stapled wraps. School calendar short history list of faculty list of fees description of academic prizes and course descriptions. One photo one map. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 33 pages .</p> J. B. Lyon Company paperback
Bookseller reference : 56191
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Announcement of the Cobleskill School of Agriculture and Home Economics 1938-1939
<p>Albany NY: J. B. Lyon Company. Very Good; Covers lightly toned. 1938. Softcover. Twenty-third annual announcement. Light green stapled wraps. School calendar short history list of faculty list of fees description of academic prizes and course descriptions. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 30 pages .</p> J. B. Lyon Company paperback
Bookseller reference : 56192
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Annual Report of the President and Committees of the Board of Commissioners Lower Merion Township Montgomery County PA for the Year Ending January 6 1931
Ardmore PA: Board of Commissioners Lower Merion Township 1931. Paperback. Very Good -. 130 pages 4 leaves of illustration 1 folded: illustrations tables map; 23 cm. Paperback; green cover with black cover title. Includes names of the members of the Board of Commissioners from 1900 to 1930 and of all Lower Merion Township officials in 1930. Scarce. In Very Good- Condition: spine is sunned; minor loss at head of spine; faint stain on back cover; the pages that touch the leaves of illustration are foxed; otherwise clean and solid. Board of Commissioners, Lower Merion Township paperback
Bookseller reference : 011623
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Annual Report of the State Engineer and Surveyor of the State of New York And of the Tabulations and Deductions from the Reports of the Rail Road Corporations for the Year Ending September 30th 1865
<p>Albany NY: Weed Parsons & Co. Fair with no dust jacket; Illustrations split in sections taped chipped . toned boards worn pages toned usual library stamps and markings. 1866. Hardcover. Green cloth titled in gilt on spine. Handsom library bookplate on front pastedown endpaper engraved by Edwin D. French. Folding map showing railroads of New York State folding map of Albany and Hudson River and folding illustration of train on bridge over a river. ; Ex-Library; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 567 pages .</p> Weed, Parsons & Co. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 58577
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Annual Reports of Railroad and Canal Companies of the State of New Jersey 1854
Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. Facsimile Reprint Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Booklet stiff tan wraps lettered in black. 40 pp. Fascimile reprint undated. Slight handling wear. Paperback
Bookseller reference : 064359
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Annual Report of the State Engineer and Surveyor of the State of New York for the Fiscal Year Ending September 20 1903
Albany NY: State of New York. Good with no dust jacket; Boards worn and soiled hinges cracked State . Assemblyman's stamp on front free endpaper and title page some light . foxing. 1904. Hardcover. Dark green cloth. Many historic photos of bridges monuments and roads. Lovely folding map of proposed Erie and Champlain Canal improvements and improved state roads. Interesting discussion of new road surfacing materials like macadam. Several folding illustrations of historic boundary surveys. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 508 pages . State of New York hardcover
Bookseller reference : 54966
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Annual Reports of the Forest Fish and Game Commissioner of the State of New York for 1904-1905-1906
Albany NY: State of New York. Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards worn and lighlty soiled pages toned and some light finger soiling. 1907. First Edition. Hardcover. Annual reports by the Forest Fish and Game Commission of New York State. Numerous photographs and black and white illustrations by Hy S. Watson. Blue cloth boards with gold-stamped lettering on spine and front boards. 24 color plates of fish possibly by Denton of Sea Herring Kingfish Rock Bass Cod Flat Fish Rose Fish Burbot Maskalonge Channel Bass Calico Bass Crappie Yellow Mackerel Pollack Spotted Catfish Flounder Pompano Short Pompano Haddock Gold Fish Fresh-Water Drum Hake Whiting Halibut Spade Fish. Color plate of Partridge by W. S. Gillette and color plate of Beaver by Ernest Thompson Seton. Two folding maps of Adirondack areas. ; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; 419 pages . State of New York hardcover
Bookseller reference : 50310
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Annual Reports of the Forest Fish and Game Commission of the State of New York for 1907-1908-1909
Albany NY: State of New York. Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards rubbed price inked on top corner of . front flyleaf. 1909. Hardcover. Annual reports by the Forest Fish and Game Commission of New York State. Numerous photographs and illustrations by W. B. Gillette Hy S. Watson J. W. Stephen and others. Green cloth boards with gold-stamped lettering on spine and front boards. ; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; 407 pages . State of New York hardcover
Bookseller reference : 49214
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Annual Report: New York Department of Public Works - 1957 - 1958 - 1959 - 1960 - 1961 - 1962 6 issues
New York State Dept. of Public Works 1958. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. First Thus. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Six 6 annual reports. Stiff color illus. wraps stapled bindings. Approx. 80-180 pp. each illus. All issues show minor handling wear. Harry L. Rinker collection. New York State Dept. of Public Works Paperback
Bookseller reference : 053889
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Annual Report of the Canal Commissioners of the State of New York
Albany NY: The Argus Company. Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards worn light foxing and soiling to . first and last several leaves two plates have 2 inch tears one plate has . one inch tear some light wear to edges of plates. 1870. Hardcover. Green blindstamped cloth with titles stamped in gilt on spine. Annual report to the New York State Legislature by the Board of Canal Commissioners discussing construction maintenance and improvements to the Erie Canal Champlain Canal Black River Canal and other waterways throughout New York State. Contains three large engraved folding plates of: Aqueduct Across Wood Creek at Fort Edward on the Champlain Canal Plan of Bulkhead for North Branch Reservoir and Otisco Lake Reservoir. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 174 pages . The Argus Company hardcover
Bookseller reference : 39533
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Annual Report of the Secretary of Internal Affairs of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for the Year Ending November 30 1896 with "Detailed Description of Monuments on the Boundary Line between New York and Pennsylvania"
Harrisburg PA: Clarence M. Busch 1897. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Thus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Magenta pebbled cloth spine panel lettered in gilt. Modest shelf wear cloth unevenly faded with sunned spine panel text block edges a bit toned by age. Firm binding intact hinges clean interior. 168392 pp. large folding map detailing the Purchase of 1784 by J. Sutton Wall with accompany article on the purchase and the various border disputes between Pennsylvania and New York and Connecticut also a complete inventory of border monuments enumerating 519 monuments along the parallel boundary and 51 along the meridian boundary "Detailed Description of Monuments on the Boundary Line between New York and Pennsylvania" pp. 41-139 followed by a shorter article on the boundary line between Delaware Maryland and Pennsylvania. Clarence M. Busch Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 041409
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Apollo Orchestra program -- Conductor J. W. F. Leman La Nuit et L'Amour by Augusta Holmes
Philadelphia: Apollo Orchestra 1917. Pamphlet. Fine. 4 p.; 13 cm. Folded card printed in black. Program for an open rehearsal on Dec. 16 1917 at "Broad Street Drawing Rooms" 715 N. Broad St. Philadelphia. "Invitation Rehearsal" -- on front cover. Conducted by J. W. F. Leman. Founded in 1870 the orchestra consisted of professional musicians music students and amateurs. This program included La Nuit et L'Amour by Augusta Holmes and soprano Florence Yerger. The conductor J. W. F. Leman also conducted at this time the West Philadelphia Orchestral Society. Later he conducted the Steel Pier Orchestra in Atlantic City in the 1920s; the Women's Symhony Orchestra and the Civic Symphony Orchestra created by the Federal Music Project of the Works Progress Administration in the 1930s; and the Philadelphia Youth Orchestra from 1941 to 1952. He also was a violinist with the Philadelphia orchestra under Leopold Stokowski. In Fine Condition: clean and bright. Apollo Orchestra unknown
Bookseller reference : 008454
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Apollo Orchestra program -- Conductor J. W. F. Leman with soprano Bertha Hirshberg
Philadelphia: Apollo Orchestra 1918. Pamphlet. Fine. 4 p.; 13 cm. Folded card printed in black. Program for an open rehearsal on May 5 1918 at "Broad Street Drawing Rooms" 715 N. Broad St. Philadelphia. "Invitation Rehearsal" -- on front cover. Conducted by J. W. F. Leman. Founded in 1870 the orchestra consisted of professional musicians music students and amateurs. This program included soprano Bertha Hirshberg singing an aria from Verdi's Rigoletto and violinist John Richardson playing Allegro Brilliant the most well-known work by Dutch composer Ten Have. The conductor J. W. F. Leman also conducted at this time the West Philadelphia Orchestral Society. Later he conducted the Steel Pier Orchestra in Atlantic City in the 1920s; the Women's Symhony Orchestra and the Civic Symphony Orchestra created by the Federal Music Project of the Works Progress Administration in the 1930s; and the Philadelphia Youth Orchestra from 1941 to 1952. He also was a violinist with the Philadelphia orchestra under Leopold Stokowski. In Fine Condition: clean and bright. Apollo Orchestra unknown
Bookseller reference : 008455
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Apollo Orchestra program -- Conductor J. W. F. Leman
Philadelphia: Apollo Orchestra 1917. Near Fine. 4 p.; 18 cm. Folded card with front cover illustration printed in blue. Program for the closing public rehearsal of the 1916-1917 season on May 6 1917 at 715 N. Broad St. Philadelphia. "Invitation Rehearsal" -- on front. An illustration of an American flag and the lyrics to The Star-Spangled Banner are on the back. Conducted by J. W. F. Leman. Founded in 1870 according to the front cover the orchestra consisted of professional musicians music students and amateurs. This program included soprano Jennie Kneedler Johnson and violinists Samuel Belov and Josel Belov who were also members of the Philadelphia Orchestra. The conductor J. W. F. Leman also conducted at this time the West Philadelphia Orchestral Society. Later he conducted the Steel Pier Orchestra in Atlantic City in the 1920s; the Women's Symhony Orchestra and the Civic Symphony Orchestra created by the Federal Music Project of the Works Progress Administration in the 1930s; and the Philadelphia Youth Orchestra from 1941 to 1952. He also was a violinist with the Philadelphia orchestra under Leopold Stokowski. In Near Fine Condition: lightly creasde along lower edges; clean and bright. Apollo Orchestra unknown
Bookseller reference : 006078
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Appalachia - December 1943 New Series Vol. IX No. 12 - Magazine No. 96
Boston MA: Appalachian Mountain Club 1943. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Stiff pictorial wraps. Modest handling wear covers a bit thumbed and lightly foxed. pp. 433-556 continuously paginated illus. w/ b&w plates. Firm stapled binding. Articles on Tarrytown and Sleepy Hollow the Shattemuc Baron Hasenclever Robert Erskine of Ringwood etc. Appalachian Mountain Club Paperback
Bookseller reference : 028034
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Art Work of Reading: Published in Nine Parts Reading Penn'a 1897
Chicago: W. H. Parish Publishing Co. 1897. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Thus. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. REPRINT bound in green cloth lettered in gold foil. Undated facsimile reprint unidentified as to publisher originally published in parts by W. H. Parish Chicago in 1897 thus first collected edition. Illus. w/ sepiatone photographs. Covers a bit warped front fixed endsheet with mild wrinkling and two paper clip imprints. Plate identification sheet laid in. . W. H. Parish Publishing Co. Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 069851
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Art Work of Reading: Published in Nine Parts Reading Penn'a 1897
Chicago: W. H. Parish Publishing Co. 1897. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Thus. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. REPRINT bound in green cloth lettered in gold foil. Undated facsimile reprint unidentified as to publisher originally published in parts by W. H. Parish Chicago in 1897 thus first collected edition. Illus. w/ sepiatone photographs. Very slight rubbing to spine extremities light foxing only to pages adjacent to flyleaves otherwise essentially as issued. . W. H. Parish Publishing Co. Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 063934
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Art Work of Reading: Published in Nine Parts Reading Penn'a 1897
Chicago: W. H. Parish Publishing Co. 1897. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Thus. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Green cloth lettered in gold foil. Undated facsimile reprint unidentified as to publisher originally published in parts by W. H. Parish Chicago in 1897 thus first collected edition. Plate identification list laid in. Illus. w/ sepiatone photographs. Very slight rubbing to spine extremities essentially as issued. W. H. Parish Publishing Co. Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 056345
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Association of Universal Free-Masonry - Incorporated June 1906 Philadelphia Pa.
Philadelphia PA: Association of Universal Free-Masonry 1906. Book. Very Good. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Red flexible cloth insignia in gilt on front cover. Both covers moderately soiled front cover with mild vertical crease. Front hinge paper split binding firm; rear hinge fully intact. Text block a bit toned by age. 130 pp. folding charter frontis. opposite main title. Association of Universal Free-Masonry Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 058019
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Atlantic City New Jersey Steel Pier: An Amusement City at Sea - Souvenir Program / Daily Time Schedule of Events 1960
Atlantic City NJ: George A. Hamid Sr./Steel Pier 1960. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. First Thus. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Booklet color illus. wraps. 16 pp. illus. 1960 souvenir program with summer entertainment schedule listing the Three Stooges Ricky Nelson the Lennon Sisters Frankie Avalon Bobby Rydell Dick Clark Anita Bryant Conway Twitty Johnny Cash Pat Boone and Fabian among others - all of them pictured along with numerous big band and orchestra conductors. Thumbed a few light horizonatal creases. George A. Hamid Sr./Steel Pier Paperback
Bookseller reference : 030491
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Atlantic Port Cities. Economy,Culture,and Society in the Atlantic World, 1650-1850.
Knight.Liss.1991.In-8 toilé avec jaquette.302 p.avec Index.En langue anglaise.BE.
Bookseller reference : 41916
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Atlas of York County Pennsylvania
Evansville IN: Unigraphic 1975. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. 1975 oversize tapebound softcover reprint of 1876 original. Reprint done under the auspices of the Historical Society of York County. From actual surveys by and under the direction of Beach Nichols. C. 60 pp. unpaginated with most maps backed with a blank page. Town boro district and ward maps. Book Condition : Very Good; bookplate inside front cover; no text marks; light shelf wear to edges; curling to cover corners. Unigraphic Paperback
Bookseller reference : 223224
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Autograph Book "Presented To Miss Ella J. Hartman As a Christmas Present By Miss Ella J. Diefenderfer" Catasauqua Allentown and Fullerton Pa.
1889. Hardcover. Very Good -. 92 p.; 11 x 18 cm. Red velvet over boards with "Album" in metal on front board. One illustration of a girl looking at an autograph book printed in gilt and sepia titled "Autographs." Several embossed chromolithographed floral decorations are between the pages. On the first page the original owner's name is written "Ellen Hartman" although the inscriptions are consistently to "Ella." Inscriptions are dated at Catasauqua Allentown and Fullerton Pa. 1889-1891. The towns are all in Lehigh County Pa. In Very Good- Condition: edges are rubbed; ends of spine starting to fray; otherwise clean and tight. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 005174
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Balloon Day Gallupville House 1872: The Town of Wright's Historic Celebration July 12 1986
Town of Wright. Very Good; Covers toned and soiled. Softcover. Program for celebration of event at historic Gallupville house in the Town of Wright Schoharie County New York. Many vintage ads articles illustrations. Stapled illustrated card covers. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 38 pages . Town of Wright paperback
Bookseller reference : 54923
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Banking House of Grandin Brothers letterhead 1892 addressed to Alexander Ennis Patton
Tidioute Pa: Banking House of Grandin Brothers 1892. Near Fine. 1 leaf 21 cm. Engraved. "J. L. Grandin. Wm. J. Grandin." Dated July 1 1892 and addressed to A. E. Patton cashier of the First National Bank of Curwensville Pa. Signed by E. M. Curtis cashier. Alexander Ennis Patton 1852-1904 became the president of the First National Bank of Patton when it was established in 1893 and was elected to the Pennsylvania Senate in 1900. The Grandin brothers John Livingston Grandin 1836-1912 William James Grandin 1838-1904 and Elijah Bishop Grandin 1840-1917 in 1859 followed the lead of Edwin Drake in Titusville Pa. who had dug the first successful commercial oil well in the United States earlier that year. With oil money they established the Grandin Brothers Bank in 1870. Victims of the Jay Cooke & Co. bankruptcy in 1873 they exercised their right to take Northern Pacific Railway bonds with land-purchasing rights in the Dakota Territory rather than 15 cents on the dollar. Although the bonds themselves were worthless the 26000 acres they acquired became the largest corporate wheat farm in the Dakota Territory in the late 19th century. Temple Grandin is the great-granddaughter of J. L. Grandin. In Near Fine Condition: lightly creased; clean and bright. Banking House of Grandin Brothers unknown
Bookseller reference : 006977
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Banquet Given by the Learned Societies of Philadelphia at the American Academy of Music September 17 1887: Closing the Ceremonies in Commemoration of the Framing and Signing of the Constitution of the United States
Philadelphia: Printed for the Committee 1888. Paperback. Good -. 86 p. 6 leaves of engraved plates; 28 cm. Lacking wrapper. In observation of the 100th anniversary of the adoption of the Constitution of the United States in 1787 a banquet was held by eight learned societies in Philadelphia: the University of Pennsylvania the American Philosophical Society the College of Physicians the Law Academy of Philadelphia the Historical Society of Pennsylvania the franklin Institute the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and the Academy of Natural Sciences. The guest list included President Grover Cleveland former president Rutherford B. Hayes members of the Supreme Court various foreign dignitaries members of Congress state governors and many others. The plates include the menu printed in red and black. Includes the toasts and speeches. Very scarce. In Good- Condition: lacking original wrapper; text block is separating; title page is lightly soiled; minor loss at upper corners of title page which has closed 2-cm. tear from spine; loss at fore-edge and lower corner of final two leaves without loss of text; loss at lower corners of final pages without loss of text; occasional closed tears along spine; text and illustrations are otherwise clean and solid. Printed for the Committee paperback
Bookseller reference : 009547
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Bass River Village History Commemorating the 190th Anniversary of the Founding of Bass River
Bass River NS: The Women's Institute 1955. Book. Good. Card Cover. Revised Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Covers are creased down the centre. The Women's Institute Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 006724
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Bass River Village History Commemorating the Founding of Bass River 1765-1978
Bass River NS: Bass River Senior Citizens Club 1978. Book. Good. Card Cover. Revised Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Covers are creased on the corners. Spine is yellowed and previous owner has written the title on the spine. Covers are yellowed. Bass River Senior Citizens Club Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 005782
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BATZ-SUR-MER SE SOUVIENT.-AVRIL 2014
PLAQUETTE REALISEE PAR LE GROUPE DE TRAVAIL DE LA SECTION DE BATZ SUR MER DE L'UNION NATIONALE DES COMBATTANTS A L'OCCASION DU CENTENAIRE DE LA GUERRE DE 1914-1918-RICHE ICONOGRAPHIE-70 PAGES-IN 4-(200GH)
Bookseller reference : ABE-1667775272216
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BATZ-SUR-MER-PHOTOGRAPHIE-1955
TIRAGE ARGENTIQUE-27,5 CM X 45 CM-(CPGF1)
Bookseller reference : ABE-1727802108939
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Beautiful Nova Scotia Nature's Perfect Vacation Land
The Yarmouth Steamship Co 1896. Book. Good. Paper Covers. Published as a tourism booklet filled with things to do and advertisements for NS businesses. . The Yarmouth Steamship Co Paperback
Bookseller reference : 011716
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BEN EPPS: THE LEGACY OF GEORGIA'S FIRST AVIATOR.
Athens:: University of Georgia. 2001. Other. Documentary video 26: 46 running time from Epps' first flight in 1907 to his final fatal crash 30 years later. Case and video show scant signs of wear. ; . University of Georgia, unknown
Bookseller reference : 33601
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