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The American Exchange and Review. A Miscellany of Useful Knowledge and General Literature. Especially devoted to finance mining and metallurgy insurance railways and transportation manufactures patents trade commerce art March 1871
Philadelphia: Fowler and Moon Publisher 1871. Original Wraps. Good. Dull orange printed wraps. 66 pages plus many ads in the front and rear. Ads include several for railroad companies manufacturers etc. A general information magazine with this issue containing articles on Alexander Seton-a Scottish alchemist with commentary on alchemy; American history-continued from a previous issue with this issue pertaining to the Civil War; the Great Interior-referring to the Midwest and Western United States; light and sound physics; a metallurgical zinc patent case; new coal deposits; origin of graphite; weekly prices of stocks in New York and Philadelphia; the 24th annual report of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company; the Reading Railroad and the Pennsylvania Anthracite Coal interests; patents for perpetual motions; beer brewed from rice; durability of rubber treated with carbolic acid etc. GOOD condition. Minor soiling and a few small stains to the covers. General fading. Owner's name in pencil with math problems at the upper front cover. Light chipping and tearing along the extremities heavier at the head of the spine. Upper corner bumped and curled with some creasing to the pages. Interior clean and solid with light toning to the paper. Fowler and Moon, Publisher unknown
Bookseller reference : 005328
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The American Missionary. November 1875. Vol. XIX No. 11
New York: American Missionary Association 1875. Original Wraps. Fair. Pagination runs 241-264. A journal devoted to domestic US missionary activities with this issue containing articles on African-Americans under the heading of Freedmen and revivals missions among the Chinese in California etc. Of note also are several short pieces on Native Americans including the Wisconsin Green Bay Agency the Menomonees the Chippewas and allotment of land to them. In FAIR condition with moderate to heavy offsetting/staining to the front wraps affecting the upper and lower corners as well as faintly affecting the center cover. Minor soiling. Moderate creasing/wrinkling to the wraps. Light edgewear. Interior solid with faint dampstaining to the lower corner and some minor spotting throughout. American Missionary Association unknown
Bookseller reference : 003834
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The American Missionary. June 1875. Vol. XIX No. 6
New York: American Missionary Association 1875. Original Wraps. Fair. Pagination runs 121-144. A journal devoted to domestic US missionary activities with this issue containing articles on various aspects of education among African-Americans various church missions etc. Also included is a short piece on Chinese and accessions to the church in San Francisco. In FAIR condition with minor soiling and dampstaining to the front cover with HEAVY soiling and dampstaining to the left half of the rear cover. Moderate creasing/wrinkling to the wraps. Minor edgewear. Interior solid with semicircular dampstaining in the fore edge margins. American Missionary Association unknown
Bookseller reference : 003833
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The Ancient Testimony of the Religious Society of Friends Commonly Called Quakers Respecting some of their Christian Doctrines and Practices
Philadelphia: Joseph Rakestraw Printer 1843. Pamphlet. Good. Pamphlet disbound from a larger work. Lacking any wraps that may have been issued. 84 pp. A work outlining and elucidating various ideals philosophies and principles held by the Quakers addressing subjects such as divine revelation the holy Scriptures divine worship ministry prayer etc. Two notable sections address Quaker feelings toward war and slavery. GOOD condition. Remains of old binding along the spine. Minor to moderate foxing to the first and last few pages. Sabin 86031. Joseph Rakestraw, Printer unknown
Bookseller reference : 009695
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The Anti-mass. Methods of Organization for Collectives
San Francisco: The Anti-mass Publisher. Wraps. Good. perhaps 1970 based on a date on the inside rear cover. Wraps. 56 pp. Black and white illustrations throughout. A mostly philosophical work relying on anarchist thought and premises to outline the use of collectives in direct action asserting that unity is a form of tyranny of the mass and that each person's uniqueness should be embraced. GOOD condition. Some toning minor soiling and wrinkling. Light curling along the fore edge. The Anti-mass, Publisher unknown
Bookseller reference : 014240
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The Art Education Society and the Home Gardening Association of the Cleveland Public Schools 1904 Report
No Place: No Publisher. Wraps. Good. No publisher or place. Presumed Cleveland 1904. Printed wraps. 48 pp. Black and white photos throughout. A work consisting of a photo illustrated list of various reproductions of paintings sculpture and statues placed in various public schools in Cleveland Ohio providing names of work displayed as well as photos of halls or rooms with artwork displayed. The second part of the work discusses the efforts of the home gardening association in pubic schools as well as providing photos of some of the gardens. GOOD condition ex-historical society. Blindstamps to each page as well as some marking to the front cover. Minor toning. No Publisher unknown
Bookseller reference : 011063
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The Ashworth. Two promotional booklets for the Hotel at Hampton Beach New Hampshire
No Place: Amesbury Publishing Co. Wraps. Very Good. Two promotional booklets for the Hotel at Hampton Beach New Hampshire. One published by the Amesbury Publishing Co.; the other no publisher info given. No places or dates. Presumed early to mid 1900s. Both in wraps and measuring 5 � by 3 � inches. One is 14 pages long the other 8 pages. Black and white photos of the hotel in both. Two short promotional booklets for the Ashworth Hotel at Hampton Beach in Hampton New Hampshire with one advertising the cleanliness and lack of undesirable elements at Hampton Beach. The Ashworth is still in operation today. Both in VERY GOOD condition with one bearing light offsetting/browning to the covers. Minor toning to the interiors. Amesbury Publishing Co unknown
Bookseller reference : 009303
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The Baldwin Locomotive Works. Mallet Articulated Locomotives. Record No. 91. Enlarged and Reprinted 1920. Code Word-Redramos
Philadelphia: The Baldwin Locomotive Works Publisher 1920. Wraps. Very Good. Wraps. Oblong format. 54 pp. Black and white photos of locomotives throughout as well as a fold-out technical drawing of a locomotive. A catalog of various types of Mallet articulated locomotives by the Baldwin Locomotive Works featuring photos of locomotive railroad engines designed for various railroad companies as well as descriptive commentary and technical specifications. VERY GOOD condition. Light fading toning and edgewear. The Baldwin Locomotive Works, Publisher unknown
Bookseller reference : 010127
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The Berwicks Salmon Falls Sanford and Springvale Souvenir. 1907
No Place: No Publisher. Wraps. Fair. No publisher place or date. Presumed circa 1907. Quarto. Dark gray printed wraps. 42 pp. Unsure if complete as issued as no Springvale heading is found in the interior. Black and white photos throughout. A work providing a history and overview of businesses and people in the Sanford Springvale Berwicks North South and Berwick and Salmon Falls presumably Rollinsford in New Hampshire. This includes black and white photos of buildings and people as well as factories and other industries. It focuses primarily on Sanford with smaller sections devoted to the Berwicks and Salmon Falls. FAIR condition. Heavy chipping and tearing along the extremities with moderate associated loss. Wrappers split along the spine repaired with tape by a previous owner. Some creasing and minor soiling present. Numbers 1 through 10 on the first page in blue ink. Paper toned. No Publisher unknown
Bookseller reference : 010492
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The Bible in Public Schools
No Place: No Publisher. Pamphlet. Very Good. No publisher place or date perhaps circa 1903 based on the front cover. Facsimile signature of Charles R. Kinney state-superintendent on the front cover. Perhaps from North Carolina. Pamphlet lacking any wraps. 14 pp. An extract from the 1903 49th annual report of the State Superintendent of Public Instruction. A piece arguing for the teaching and use of the Bible in public schools both to support teaching curricula and as an aid in moral teaching citing court opinions and laws from around the United States that bolster the author's claims. VERY GOOD condition. Old price and number on the front cover. Light toning. No Publisher unknown
Bookseller reference : 010338
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The Boston Magazine for April 1784
Boston: Norman White and Freeman printers and Publishers 1784. Pamphlet. Fair. Pamphlet sized with printed covers. No outer wraps present. Pagination runs 217-262 rear cover. LACKING both illustrations. A post-Revolutionary War era magazine containing articles and essays on various subjects. The magazine was published from 1783-1786. This issue contains a short of Major-General Warren a Revolutionary War participant with brief mention of Bunker Hill; a two page piece on whaling whale fishing drawn from J. Hector St. John's letters; a proclamation from then Massachusetts governor John Hancock; and a plan for ten new states outlining the potential divisions of western territories into new states as well as providing some interesting names for them Sylvania Michigania Cherronesus Assenisipia Metropotamia Illinoia Saratoga Washington Polypotamia and Pelisipia. FAIR condition SEPARATED into its 6 signatures. Moderate to heavy browning to the paper. Minor foxing and staining. Some creasing and curling along the fore edge and corners. Several pages cropped close along the fore edge margin. Minor pencil notations on the front and rear covers. Sabin 6495. Richardson A History of Early American Magazines. Norman, White and Freeman, printers and Publishers unknown
Bookseller reference : 005852
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The Channing Home Francis and Bellevue Streets Longwood Boston. Report No.40 For the Year Ending March 31 1908
Boston: The Barta Press 1908. Original Wraps. Good. 20 pages. Illustrated. Full over-view of the home which was founded as a treatment center for indigent women with consumption including a brief history and discussion of future expansion. Charts illustrating number of patients by illness and prognosis. GOOD condition. Uneven offsetting and darkening to the wraps with minor soiling and rubbing. Some creasing along the corners and extremities. Small tear at the upper spine. Interior clean and solid. The Barta Press unknown
Bookseller reference : 005429
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The Chicago Tribune Art Supplements In Two Parts. World's Columbian Exposition. Part One Only of two
No Place: No Publisher 1893. Wraps. Good. No publisher place or date. Presumed Chicago Tribune Chicago 1893 based on OCLC records. Side sewn wrappers. Oblong format. 11 color plates. A book of eleven color plates depicting various scenes of the 1893 Chicago World' Fair including: At night in the Grand Court Looking east in the Grand Court Looking south from the Wooded Island Interior of Manufacturers and Liberal Arts Building Interior of Electrical Building The Silver Statue Montana exhibit Moonlight on the lagoons The Yerkes telescope Cairo Street Old Vienna and the Viking. GOOD condition. Large uneven sections of light brown paper adhered to the upper front cover obscuring most of the title. Large area of pink dampstaining to the rear cover rectangular in nature and perhaps from wet paper overlaid. Moderate darkening and some soiling to the wrappers. Heavy chipping and creasing along the extremities. Minor soiling in the interior. Some creasing at the corners with a few pages missing chips at the corners. No Publisher unknown
Bookseller reference : 014010
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The Children's Aid Society Of Cleveland and Vicinity. Report of the Industrial School and Home on Detroit Street Cleveland Ohio for the year 1885
Cleveland: J.B. Savage Printer 1886. Wraps. Good. Blue printed wraps. 42 pp. With a frontis illustration of the school A report for the Children's Aid Society's Industrial School and Home in Cleveland providing brief commentary on curriculum including farming financial transactions and lists of donations a report from the Ladies Sewing Society a report from the farm associated with the group including an assessment of production from the land and a lengthy section of letters from children regarding the school. GOOD condition. Heavy browning and offsetting along the extremities. Minor chipping tearing and loss along the edges. Minor toning to the paper. J.B. Savage, Printer unknown
Bookseller reference : 009432
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The Christian Almanack for the Year of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ 1822. No. II-Vol I.
Boston: Lincoln and Edmands for the New England Tract Society. Pamphlet. Fair. no date presumed circa 1821. Side sewn pamphlet. Lacking any outer wraps that may have been issued. Front/title page with an oval illustration in the center. 48 pp. An almanac for a single year containing monthly calendars as well as a list of stages for New England roads in New England from Boston and their distances and innkeeper names. Also included are a few short anecdotes relating allegorical events surrounding a group of captured slaves the quotes from a dying slave and the impressions of a preacher in South Carolina who conducted a religious service to a gathering of slaves . With other passages on various religious and missionary activities around the world. FAIR condition. Stitching almost completely worn away with the piece tenuously bound together. Moderate to heavy browning to the paper with moderate scattered soiling some scattered staining and a few stray marginal notes. Previous owner's name in ink atop the title page. Moderate to heavy chipping/tearing along the extremities mostly to the fore edge with minor loss. Heavy soiling to the tops of a few pages near the rear. Sabin 12901. Lincoln and Edmands for the New England Tract Society unknown
Bookseller reference : 006173
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The Christian Almanack for the Year of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ 1824. No. IV-Vol I.
Boston: Lincoln and Edmands for the AmericanTract Society. Pamphlet. Good. no date presumed circa 1823. Side sewn pamphlet. Lacking any outer wraps that may have been issued. Front/title page with an oval illustration in the center. 48 pp. An almanac for a single year containing monthly calendars as well as a list of stages for New England roads in New England from Boston and their distances. With passages on various religious and missionary activities around the world. GOOD condition. Moderate to heavy browning to the paper with minor scattered soiling some scattered staining and a few stray marginal notes. Minor to moderatechipping/tearing along the extremities mostly to the fore edge with minor loss. Most pages unopened along the top edge. Sabin 12901. Lincoln and Edmands for the AmericanTract Society unknown
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The Christian Almanack for the Year of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ 1823. No. III-Vol I.
Boston: Lincoln and Edmands for the New England Tract Society. Pamphlet. Fair. No date presumed circa 1822. Side sewn pamphlet. Lacking any outer wraps that may have been issued. Front/title page with an oval illustration in the center. 48 pp. An almanac for a single year containing monthly calendars as well as a list of stages for New England roads in New England from Boston and their distances and innkeeper names. With passages on various religious and missionary activities around the world. FAIR condition. . Moderate to heavy browning to the paper with minor to moderate scattered soiling some scattered staining and a few stray marginal notes. Moderate chipping/tearing along the extremities mostly to the fore edge with minor loss. Last two leaves rather creased with moderate to heavy chipping and tearing along the fore edge resulting in minor loss of text. Sabin 12901. Lincoln and Edmands for the New England Tract Society unknown
Bookseller reference : 006172
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The CIO Says What is District 50 Doing that a Company Union Cannot Do. Small Broadside
No Place: No Publisher. Unbound. Good. No publisher place or date. Presumed late 1940s-1950s based on the citation of a 1945 date in text. Single sheet printed on one side only. Approximately 14 by 8 1/2 inches. On light green/blue paper. A piece advocating for Bridgewater Paper Company Employees of Adams Massachusetts to vote for the Textile Workers Union of America CIO as their collective bargaining representative. Printed in various fonts and sizes with a few illustrations and a graphic of the ballot. The piece cites failed or broken promises made by District 50 asserting the positive role that the CIO has played in labor negotiations and achievement of benefits. GOOD condition. Horizontal fold crease present. Some soiling minor staining and uneven toning to the piece. Some wrinkling/curling at the corners. No Publisher unknown
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The Clergyman's Almanack for 1815
Boston 1815. Original Wraps. Poor. No place or publisher but believed published in Boston by Lincoln and Edmands. Original wraps. 46 of 48 pages present. LACKING FRONT COVER. All other pages present. An almanac containing the months of the year as well as hints to young women on reading novels festivals and fast days amusements descriptions of a gambling party a brief recount of a duel unsure if true or an allegory a list or roads etc. In POOR condition lacking the front cover. Saddle sewn with text solid. Moderate browning to the pages. Minor tearing and creasing along the extremities. Mostly minor scattered foxing and soiling. Two previous owner's signatures in ink within. As is in POOR condition. unknown
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The Cleveland Leader. Tuesday Morning September 20 1881. News of President James Garfield's death
Cleveland Ohio U.S.A.: Cleveland Leader Publisher 1881. Original Wraps. Poor. Vol. 34 No. 263. Newspaper from Cleveland Ohio. 8pp. This issue from the home state of Garfield features several pages of news of the death of James Garfield who had died at 10:35pm the night before. Garfield died from complications due to being shot by a disgruntled political candidate. In POOR condition with heavy soiling and darkening to the outer pages. Moderate darkening and some scattered soiling to the interior. Some dark spotting and staining to the extremities with an area of heavy dampstaining in the upper center of the front page. Heavy chipping tearing and tattering along the extremities with a 2 by 2 inch area of loss of the newspaper at the upper center. This has resulted in minor loss of text at the edges of the interior as well as loss of the name of the newspaper on the front page. Half moon area of chewing present at the center left margin not affecting text. Chipping tattering and minor loss of the newspaper along the upper center folds. Accumulation of other minor wear also present. Despite the wear almost all the text is present and readable. Perhaps best considered a reference copy. Cleveland Leader, Publisher unknown
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The Crusader. Wisconsin Anti-Tuberculosis Association. Vol. 14. No. 9. November
Milwaukee: Wisconsin Anti-Tuberculosis Association Publisher. Wraps. Good. no date circa 1923. Illustrated wraps. 96 pp. With black and white photos throughout. A journal issued by the Wisconsin Anti-Tuberculosis Association to document the treatment of tuberculosis including a look at doctors various sanatoriums patients and new innovations in care. This issue is a 15 year review and reflects on the history of tuberculosis treatment as well as discussing the Tomahawk Lake Camp open air schools the State Sanatorium at Wales and other locations. GOOD condition. Moderate browning to the rear wrap with some toning and minor soiling to the front. Light bumping and scuffing at the corners. Interior clean and solid. Wisconsin Anti-Tuberculosis Association, Publisher unknown
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The Fourteenth Annual Report of the Executive Committee of the Indian Rights Association. For the year ending December 15 1896. No. 32-Second Series-3000
Philadelphia: Office of the Indian Rights Association Publisher 1896. Hard Cover. Good. Printed wraps mounted on card stock covers. 97 pp. A report discussing the opinions and actions of the Indian Rights Association including discussion of two scandals in which congress sought to steal money from Native American tribes. Also present are accounts of visits to various tribes and reservations including the Sac and Fox Indians in Iowa the Sioux summer school troubles at Bad River needs of the Red Cliff Indians etc. With usual business and financial information present. GOOD condition slightly ex-library with a bookplate present and number in pencil on the front cover. Rear cover dented creased and torn although intact. Tears are extensive and spanning the cover. Some darkening uneven soiling and minor staining. Interior clean and solid. Office of the Indian Rights Association, Publisher unknown
Bookseller reference : 011691
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The General Laws of Massachusetts: Relating to the Choice Powers and Duties of Town Officers
Worcester: Dorr and Howland 1824. Full Leather. Good. E. Merriam Printer. Full calf leather. A collection of laws from the state of Massachusetts that relate to town officers and their various duties and expectations. This ranges from fence viewers to militia to hog reeves among many other topics. GOOD condition. Heavy scuffing to the leather. Spine darkened. Rear cover rather soiled. Extremities bumped and worn. Owner's name in faint pencil on the inside front cover. Paper browned with scattered foxing and soiling throughout. Dorr and Howland unknown
Bookseller reference : 011443
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The Halcyon Luminary and Theological Repository. By a Society of Gentlemen. Devoted to Religion and Polite Literature. Vol. 1 No. 6. June 1812
No Place: No Publisher 1812. Pamphlet. Fair. Large pamphlet lacking any outer wraps. Pagination runs 241-288. A collection of essays on various subjects including religious philosophical literary and historical topics. Of note is two page piece on a Native American Indian prophet in Georgia a member of the Creek Indians who had predicted an earthquake and the arrival of a lamp in the west. The article asserts this was to rally the Creeks to battle against the white settlers and provides a bit of biographical background on the Native American prophet. This issue also prints the music and lyrics to a song "Content" written by Dr. G.K. Jackson an English organist at the King's Church who arrived in Boston in 1812 becoming an organist in several churches there. Jackson was a proponent of both instrumental and choral music Elson the National Music of America and Its Sources. Also in this issue is a work on agriculture and irrigation of farm lands discussing means of finding the best locations for channels and providing a diagram for building a level. A theological/scientific discussion on the origin of the Earth is also featured. FAIR condition. Moderate to heavy uneven browning to the paper with dampstaining to the upper half and to the lower corner along the fore edge. Scattered minor to moderate foxing throughout with the exterior dampstains affecting the first half of the interior. Chipping and tearing along the fore edge with some loss of paper to the corners of several pages. No Publisher unknown
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The Haverhill Book
Haverhill MA: The Haverhill Chamber of Commerce Publisher. Wraps. Good. Quarto. no date perhaps circa 1919. Beige printed wraps. Quarto. 127 pp. Black and white photos throughout. A promotional work for the city of Haverhill Massachusetts providing a brief history of the city as well as pieces on manufacturing and businesses in the city parks shoe companies the electric company etc. With many photos of buildings etc. GOOD condition. Extensive splitting and tearing along the spine with some loss of wrappers. Diagonal crease to the front cover with a tear along the fold. Minor toning and edgewear. Wrappers tenuously attached to the text block. The Haverhill Chamber of Commerce, Publisher unknown
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The Illustrated Family Christian Almanac for the United States for the year of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ 1853
New York: American Tract Society. Wraps. Good. no date presumed circa 1852. Illustrated wraps. 48 pp. With black and white illustrations. An almanac with the usual 12 month calendar of information with a lengthy section in the rear containing items of historical religious and other interest. This includes an illustrated description of Layard's discoveries at Nineveh; a short biography of Daguerre; an account of traveling in the East Asia; and illustrated account of Washington crossing the Delaware etc. GOOD condition. Moderate uneven browning and some offsetting to the covers. Minor soiling and moderate areas of staining to the covers. creasing at the corners. Interior solid with minor to moderate scattered foxing. American Tract Society unknown
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The Illustrated Family Christian Almanac for the United States for the year of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ 1852
New York: American Tract Society. Wraps. Good. no date presumed circa 1851. Illustrated wraps. 48 pp. With black and white illustrations. An almanac with the usual 12 month calendar of information with a lengthy section in the rear containing items of historical religious and other interest. This includes a small bird's eye view of San Francisco California accompanied by a short description of the city; an illustrated account of making maple sugar; an illustrated description of Hoe's eight cylinder power press for printing; an illustrated description of the Britannia Tubular bridge for railroads etc. GOOD condition. Moderate uneven browning and some offsetting to the covers. Minor soiling and moderate areas of staining to the covers. creasing at the corners. Interior solid with minor to moderate scattered foxing. American Tract Society unknown
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The Journal of Prison Discipline and Philanthropy. January 1906
Philadelphia PA: Pennsylvania Prison Society 1906. Wraps. Good. 130pp. With a few black and white photos of various prisons in Pennsylvania. A journal discussing various aspects of running a prison including statistical inmate reports for the previous years discussions on various ways of rehabilitating inmates with differing options for men and women methods of capturing escaped inmates the use of religion in prison etc. Slightly EX-LIBRARY in GOOD condition. Oval library stamp on the upper front cover with no other evidence of library status present. Heavy offsetting to the lower rear and front covers. General tanning and minor soiling present to the covers. Minor wear along the extremities. Interior clean and solid with minor browning to the pages. Pennsylvania Prison Society unknown
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The Knight of the Burning Pestle. A Comedy by Beaumont and Fletcher Presented by the Harvard Chapter of Delta Upsilon
No Place: Carlisle W. Burton Publisher 1907. Wraps. Good. Illustrated wraps with front cover in orange and black perhaps by Charles M. Price. Rear cover a large illustrated ad for Sorosis shoes. 44 pp. Black and white photos and illustrations throughout including many advertisements. A program for a 1907 performance of the Elizabethan burlesque "The Knight of the Burning Pestle" including a list and photos of the cast members as well as photos of cast members from other plays recently performed by members of Delta Upsilon. GOOD condition. Mostly minor wrinkling and creasing to the covers with minor soiling and toning. Several small tears along the fore edge. Carlisle W. Burton, Publisher unknown
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The Lillie Multiple-Effect Evaporators. With comparisons between it and the old types of evaporators as represented by the "Standard" and "Wellner-Jelinek.
Philadelphia: The Sugar Apparatus Mfg. Co 1900. Wraps. Poor. Black wraps although MISSING the rear wrapper. 122 pp. Black and white photos and fold out illustrations throughout. A detailed guide to the Lillie Evaporator to be used for sugar and other industries including technical specifications guide to use its benefits over other evaporators etc. Many technical schematics and fold outs present. POOR/FAIR condition. MISSING the rear wrapper and spine. General fading to the front wrapper with minor soiling staining and discoloration. Chips missing from the corners of the wrappers. The Sugar Apparatus Mfg. Co unknown
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The Making of a Motor Car. Souvenir Guide Book to the Chevrolet-Fisher Manufacturing Exhibition. Chicago World's Fair 1933
No Place: General Motors Publisher. Pamphlet. Good. No place or date presumed circa 1933. Long single sheet accordion folded into many panels. Black and white photos throughout. A souvenir for the 1933 International Exposition or World's Fair in Chicago depicting the making and assembly process for automobiles specifically Chevrolet. GOOD condition. Minor fading soiling and wrinkling. Small piece of the upper corner missing. General Motors, Publisher unknown
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The Manufacture and Distribution of Electricity. The Power and Service Behind the Light cover title
Boston: The Edison Electric Illuminating Company of Boston Publisher 1922. Wraps. Good. Printed wraps. 16 pp. Black and white photos throughout. A somewhat promotional piece discussing how electricity is produced and distributing with sections on coal and steam as well as control depicting machinery and plants with photos. With a small map in the rear showing the region around Boston then supplied with electricity by The Edison Electric Illuminating Company of Boston. GOOD condition. Pen mark on the rear cover. General toning minor soiling and wrinkling. Light foxing in the interior. The Edison Electric Illuminating Company of Boston, Publisher unknown
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The Massachusetts Register 1862 Containing a record of the Government and Institutions of the State together with a very Complete Account of the Massachusetts Volunteers. Serial Number Ninety-Four
Boston: Adams Sampson and Co 1962. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. Dark brown cloth with ruling and minor ornamentation in blind. Small gilt illustration at the center covers. 432 pages plus 54 pages of ads in the rear. A listing of various institutions officials schools police and other subjects related to the state government of Massachusetts arranged by county. Of particular note pages 117 to 419 are devoted to the Civil War providing a history of the battles and military action up to that point mostly in relation the involvement of the state of Massachusetts. With lists of the various Massachusetts regiments providing names of private and officers as well as brief descriptions of the regiments. GOOD condition. General fading with minor soiling to the covers. Minor general scuffing with a white scuff to the rear cover. Moderate to heavy scuffing along the extremities with the cloth frayed and worn as the corners and hinges. Cloth chipped at the head and tail of the spine with a small piece missing at the bottom. Text block solid with uneven toning to the paper. A few pages with offsetting from newspaper clippings tipped in. Adams, Sampson and Co unknown
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The New England Primer; or an Easy and Pleasant Guide to the Art of Reading. Adorned with cuts. To which is added the Catechism
Boston: Mass. Sabbath School Society Publisher. Wraps. Good. No date presumed circa 1840 based on OCLC records. Blue printed wraps. 64 pp. Measures approximately 4 � by 2 � inches. With a few woodcut illustrations throughout. A reader for children primarily centered on religious or Christian studies including prayers questions and answers the Catechism. Also included is an alphabet reader accompanied by slightly gruesome woodcuts. A separate woodcut later in the book depicts the burning or Mr. John Rogers an English martyr. The New England Primer was originally issued as a reading textbook in the American colonies in the early 1700's going through many editions and variations. GOOD condition. Front wrapper completely split along the hinge held on by the binding string beneath. Rear wrapper beginning to split with some chipping and minor loss at the head and tail of the spine. Minor foxing spotting and staining to the covers. Light edgewear. Interior clean and solid with minor sporadic foxing. A few stray pencil tick marks present. Mass. Sabbath School Society, Publisher unknown
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The New Hampshire Register and United States Calendar for the Year of Our Lord 1824 . with an Ephemeris
Concord: George Hough Publisher. Wraps. Good. no date presumed circa 1823. Printed wraps with printer on wrapper differing from the title page Jacob B. Moore on the wrapper. 132 pp. A civic and political guide to the government of New Hampshire and the United States in 1824 with a monthly almanac as well as a list of higher ranking members of the various militia groups in the state of New Hampshire a list of higher ranking members in various branches of freemasonry groups in the United States and New Hampshire etc. GOOD condition. Heavy browning soiling and staining to the wrappers. Small blank white label on the lower front cover. Wrappers MISSING along the spine. Heavy creasing and curling to the corners and extremities and interior. General browning minor scattered foxing and spotting throughout. George Hough, Publisher unknown
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The New St. Tammany Almanac for the Year 1817 being the first after Bissextile or Leap Year
Philadelphia: George W. Mentz. First Edition. Original Wraps. Poor. Philadelphia: no date but believed 1817. Published by George W. Mentz. Saddle stitched paper. No covers believed as issued. 32 pages including front cover and back cover. No pages appear to be missing from the interior although I am unsure if any are missing from the rear. OCLC details for this almanac mentions 36 pages. With a woodcut illustration of the anatomy of a man's body on relation to the constellations and the zodiac. Twelve months of astronomical almanac present along with several short articles one relating a robbery by a highwayman and his subsequent fate an article on poverty a cure for the bite of a mad dog an article on Rachel Baker who prays in her sleep among others. In POOR condition with heavy tattering to the extremities folding and creasing to the corners some ink dots to the front cover along with a few letters in script and a rectangular piece CUT AND MISSING from the front cover beneath the title. Pages are darkened but still readable. The almanac is still intact with no loose pages. Overall a seemingly scarce almanac in POOR condition. Photos available upon request. Not in Evans. George W. Mentz unknown
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The New World's Fair of 1934. Advertising Brochure
Chicago: The Gunthorp-Warren Printing Co 1934. Pamphlet. Good. Single sheet folded into five rectangular panels. Black and white photos on both sides. A piece advertising the 1934 World's Fair in Chicago touting the Midway exhibition venues etc. GOOD condition. Minor general toning and soiling. Minor curling/creasing at the corners. The Gunthorp-Warren Printing Co unknown
Bookseller reference : 011418
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The New York Receipt Book. Adapted from the Fifth Avenue Hotel New York
No Place: No Publisher. Wraps. Good. No publisher place or date. Presumed circa 1883 based on the calendar/almanac date in the interior. Illustrated wraps with a picture of a woman on a rock about to dive into the water captioned The Diver with the rear wrap depicting a girl in winter clothes captioned One of the Children who took Castoria. Small hole with string through it at the upper left corner. 32 pp. A promotional booklet for various elixirs and cures including Castoria Centaur Liniment and Dr. Wei De Meyer's Catarrh Cure. Interspersed among the testimonials for these products are recipes for various breads pies salads meat dishes etc. GOOD condition. Lower left corner chewed with a small triangular piece missing from the booklet. Minor chewing along the spine edge. General fading and minor creasing to the wraps. Minor soiling. Notation on the upper front cover erased by previous owner leaving a small area of fading. Interior darkened with a small stain present on a few pages. No Publisher unknown
Bookseller reference : 006446
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The Ohio Bulletin of Charities and Correction Published Quarterly by the Board of State Charities. Circular No. 8. Quarter Ending September 31 1896
Columbus OH: Office of the State Board of Charitie 1896. Wraps. Good. Printed wraps. 18 pages. A brief work discussing various topics relating to prison and asylum management including: jail statistics from a Minnesota State conference reports from the Crawford Trumbull and Ashtabula counties boards of visitors the Cleveland and Xenia workhouses Pickaway and other county infirmaries and the care of insane in Wisconsin. GOOD condition. Uneven moderate browning and fading to the covers with minor to moderate uneven soiling and some dark scuffs mostly to the rear wrap. Stray small pencil notation to the upper left cover. Text block toned. Office of the State Board of Charitie unknown
Bookseller reference : 006793
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The Old Maps of Northeastern Essex County Mass. in 1884
Fryeburg ME: Saco Valley Printing 1982. Wraps. Good. Illustrated wraps. 48 pp. A collection of reproductions of maps from 1884 of Northeastern Essex County Massachusetts including Amesbury Georgetown Groveland Ipswich Merrimac Merrimacport Newbury Newburyport Rowley Salisbury and West Newbury GOOD condition. Moderate uneven browning to the covers. Minor to moderate soiling. Several small areas of staining to the covers with covers being generally grubby in appearance. Old address label on the first page. Faint dampstain at the top edge affecting the pages throughout. Saco Valley Printing unknown
Bookseller reference : 014132
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The Oldest Wood Frame House still standing in North America
Belmont MA: The Kirk Game Company Publisher 1980. Soft Cover. Good. Illustrated thick card covers. Oblong format. Tri-folding unfolding to present the interior of a house. Seven sheets of various items to be cut out and assembled plus an eighth sheet providing an inventory of items in the parlor of Jonathan Fairbanks' house at the time of his death in 1688. This sheet also contains a short description of the house and living conditions at that time. With a short account of the Fairbanks family. GOOD condition. Green substance stuck to the rear cover in a long thin line and with a few scattered splotches perhaps old play-doh. Minor browning and soiling to the covers. Some bumping along the extremities. Small tear and crease to the paper covering the boards on the lower front cover. Light toning to the interior. Paper intact. The Kirk Game Company, Publisher unknown
Bookseller reference : 008850
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The Opinion of the Circuit Court of the United States in and for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania on the Will of Sarah Zane A Member of the Society of Friends. April Term 1833
Philadelphia: Thomas Kite and Co. Publisher 1834. Pamphlet. Good. Pamphlet lacking any wraps that may have been issued. Apparently disbound from a larger work. 72 pp. A work considering legal issues raised in the settling of the estate and will of Sarah Zane a member of the Quakers in Philadelphia. She left $1000 dollars to the town of Winchester to purchase a fire engine and hose with her namesake fire company still in existence today. GOOD condition. Faint but moderate foxing to the covers. Minor soiling and wrinkling Roman numerals in ink at the top of the title page. Thomas Kite and Co., Publisher unknown
Bookseller reference : 011126
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The Origin and Object of Civil Government according to the Views of the Society of Friends
Philadelphia: Tract Association of Friends Publisher. Pamphlet. Good. no date presumed early to mid 1800s. Pamphlet disbound from a larger work and lacking any wraps that may have been issued. No. 63 present at the lower edge of the title page. 12 pp. A short work addressing civil government in relation to the religious views of the Quakers citing early colonial history and the actions of William Penn as well as colonial New Jersey. This includes discussion of the principle of liberty and equality referring to Native Americans. GOOD condition. Moderate to heavy foxing. Some roughness along the binding edge. Sabin 86063. Tract Association of Friends, Publisher unknown
Bookseller reference : 009268
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The Parent's Magazine. By An Association of Parents. April 1841
Concord NH: Rev. J. Thompson Publisher 1841. Wraps. Good. Printed blue wraps. Pagination runs 169-192. A collection of essays on parenting and raising children focusing mostly on Christian education as well as the emotional wellbeing of the child. GOOD condition. Owner's name on the upper front cover. Some spotting and staining to the covers. Corners creased and curled. Moderate scattered spotting and foxing throughout. Rev. J. Thompson, Publisher unknown
Bookseller reference : 011402
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The Pawn. Late April 1970. Vol. 1 No. 4
Frederick MD: Frederick GI's United Publisher 1970. Wraps. Fair. Single stapled zine style piece on legal sized paper. 12 pp. A newspaper issued by GI's at the Fort Detrick Army Base in Frederick Maryland seeking to promote free speech and rights for service members especially when speaking out against the Vietnam War. This issue with reports on censorship of the magazine citizen concern over Fort Detrick and its role in US biological warfare the escalating war in Laos undercover US Army intelligence officers spying on US citizens etc. FAIR condition. Leaf 5/6 cut in half lengthwise resulting in half missing affecting the editorial page and its reverse side. General toning to the first and last leaf. Minor soiling. Two horizontal fold creases present. Frederick GI's United, Publisher unknown
Bookseller reference : 014549
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The Perpetual Laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts from the Commencement of the Constitution in October 1780 to the Last Wednesday in May 1789. To Which are Prefixed the Declaration of Independence the Articles of Confederation Constitution
Boston: Adams and Nourse Printers 1789. Leather. Good. Full title: The Perpetual Laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts from the Commencement of the Constitution in October 1780 to the Last Wednesday in May 1789. To Which are Prefixed the Declaration of Independence the Articles of Confederation the Constitution of the Commonwealth the Treaty of Peace Between Great-Britain and America and the Constitution of the United States. Full Calf leather. 48 495 vi pp. Lacking any endpapers/half title that may have proceeded the title page. A printing of the various laws of Massachusetts as well as printings of the Declaration of Independence the US Constitution and the peace treaty between Great Britain and the United States. GOOD condition. Heavy scuffing spotting and staining to the covers with chipping and loss to the head of the spine. Minor soiling. Heavy scuffing bumping and wear along the extremities. Lacking any leaves prior to the title page. Heavy ink spotting to the inside front cover with a few ownership signatures present to title page and cover. Foxing scattered throughout heavy to a few pages with some leaves being heavily browned. Minor scattered soiling and staining. A few stray doodles on blank pages. Old pressed leaves laid in among a few pages. Sabin 45932. Adams and Nourse, Printers unknown
Bookseller reference : 014080
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The Piscataqua Evangelical Magazine. September and October 1807. Vol. III. No. V.
No Place: No Publisher 1807. Pamphlet. Good. No publisher place or date. Perhaps Amherst or Portsmouth NH: 1807. Pamphlet single stitched in the center left margin. Lacking any wraps that were issued. Pagination runs 161-196. A single issue of this magazine devoted primarily to religious items. This number features several letters from Gideon Blackburn to Dr. Morse regarding the origin and progress of a religious mission to the Cherokee Indians. Apparently begun in 1790 Blackburn describes his efforts to educate the Cherokees with a slight condescending tone to their culture. Blackburn founded a ministry in Maryville Tennessee establishing two schools for Cherokee boys in the early 1800s in that area see Wikipedia. Also present is a sketch of the character of Samuel Moody further extracts from the diary of Reverend Ivory Hovey as well as a few theological/philosophical essays. The Piscataqua Evangelical Magazine ran for three volumes providing a publication venue for New Hampshire and Maine ministers and religious figures. GOOD condition ex-library with scattered stamping and some handwritten library notations throughout. Heavy dampstain along the upper left portion and spine. Light offsetting moderate uneven darkening and scattered soiling. Pages curled at the corners with some creasing and a few with tears at the upper corners. Sabin 63024. No Publisher unknown
Bookseller reference : 008388
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The Times Almanac Philadelphia 1896
Philadelphia: The Philadelphia Times Publisher 1896. Wraps. Good. Printed wraps. 52 pp. plus 12 pages of ads. An almanac for 1896 containing many items of information of about Pennsylvania especially statewide voting records votes for president separated into states and other information about the state government city governments etc. Perhaps of note is a several page section on the baseball season of 1895 containing won/loss records record changes throughout the season pennant results and a few pages of batting and fielding statistics for the players. A short section on college athletics includes brief football records as well as baseball. GOOD condition. Some soiling and darkening to the wraps mostly along the extremities. Minor creasing toning and edgewear. Paper a bit browned in the interior. The Philadelphia Times, Publisher unknown
Bookseller reference : 007721
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The Town Register. Wolfeboro Effingham Tamworth Ossipee Tuftonboro Freedom. New Hampshire 1908
Augusta ME: The Mitchell-Cony Co 1908. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. Olive green cloth. 117 139 pp. plus a few pages of ads. With a fold out color map of New Hampshire depicting railroad lines towns etc. A work containing brief histories of Wolfeboro Effingham Tamworth Ossipee Tuftonboro Freedom in New Hampshire as well as lists of names of physicians and other people in each town short account of military participations in the towns etc. Part II of this work contains a census of each town consisting of lists of names. GOOD condition. Covers faded with minor soiling and a few tiny stains. Some scuffing. Heavy scuffing to the cloth along the extremities with fraying at the corners and spine tips. Previous owner's ex libris stamp on a few pages with an ownership signature at the front. Some foxing to the page edges. The Mitchell-Cony Co unknown
Bookseller reference : 009392
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The Tyng Case a Narrative Together with the Judgment of the Court and the Admonition by the Bishop of New York Published by the American Church Union. Publication of the American Church Union No. 1
New York: Pott and Amery Printers 1868. Wraps. Fair. Printed wraps lacking the rear wrap. 32 pp. An account of the charges and case against the reverend Stephen H. Tyng Jr. son of the noted clergyman of the same name. This work recalls the details of the infraction as well as testimony and opinions with the penalty of the admonition also printed. Apparently Tyng was found guilty of the offence of officiating within the joint parochial cure of two Presbyters of a neighboring Diocese in opposition of their wishes see page 22 of the pamphlet. FAIR condition. LACKING the rear wrap. Large dampstains affecting the piece throughout. Scattered foxing and minor soiling with a few small stains present. A few stray pencil marks to the front wrap. Wrapper creased torn and worn along the extremities. Pott and Amery, Printers unknown
Bookseller reference : 010136
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