Salt Lake City UT 1911. Paperback. 98pp. Quarto 26 cm Illustrated wraps. Very good. The extremities are gently rubbed and age-toned and just a little soiled and stained. There is a small open tear in the front wrap surrounding the staple and there is a small open tear along the fore edge of the rear wrap. The front wrap is just beginning to detach at the foot of the spine. There are small loss from the paper at the ends of the spine. The larger loss measures roughly 1/4 inch wide by 1/4 inch deep. The covers and pages are very lightly creased. Tanned pages. Articles include Possibilities of Utah's Vast Coal Fields John Grenville Idaho- The Queen Irrigation State of the World Alaska Trade Educating the Farmers of Utah J. C. Hogenson and Story of the Telegraph in Utah S. A. Kenner. paperback
USA: The Granite Monthly Company. Paperback. Pages 301-346. Black and white photos. Features: The month in New Hampshire; As the road unrolls - some impressions of an early summer motor trip - feature article with great photos; Future policies of the Republican Party - Three New Hampshire leaders analyze the situation - a revival of party loyalty wanted A party program a forward-looking party; Polar caves - short article with photos; The day old chick industry in New Hampshire; The Road to Lariat; Three women who lead New Hampshire club work - Mrs. Clara Fellows Mrs. G.E. Speare and Mrs. George H. Morris; An anthology of one poem poets; Gould Hill Farm - How a fine apple orchard grew from small beginnings - article with great photos; A gold mine in Jerseys - George M. Putnam's Herd of Champions - great article with photos; New Hampshire Necrology; Great full-page photo ad for Amoskeag Manufacturing Co. showing their No. 11 mill - the largest textile manufacturing plant in the world; Full-page photo ad for the Polar Caves; and more. Average wear. External soiling. A worthy vintage copy. . Good. 1923. First Edition. The Granite Monthly Company paperback
- London- William Carpenter 1831 Book. GOOD ONLY. Hardcover. A scarce copy of this collection of pamphlets by William Carpenter. With his publication of this work Carpenter attempted to defy the stamp duty on newspapers but in May 1831 he was tried and convicted of evading the law and was imprisoned. With a portrait of Carpenter bound in and many small illustrations. William Carpenter born in 1797 at St James Westminster London England died on April 21 1874 at Islington London was a 19th Century theological and political writer journalist and editor. Carpenter was the son of a London tradesman. He received no formal schooling but by self-study he taught himself several ancient and modern languages. At an early age he began working for a bookseller in Finsbury first as an errand boy and then as an apprentice. While in prison he edited a political magazine which was republished as Carpenter's Monthly Political Magazine in 1832. He became intensely involved in the cause of political reform publishing numerous tracts and books on the subject through the late 1840s. He was a strong proponent of the Chartist movement and a friend of William Cobbett. He was also an active Freemason and contributor to the London Freemason magazine. He continued to publish scriptural works throughout his life which were also popular in America. His The Israelites Found in the Anglo-Saxons 1874 was an early work on British Israelism. Condition: In a half calf binding with paper covered boards. Externally worn with slight straining to front hinges. Internally generally firmly bound but with one or two pages starting. Marksand curling to some pages with the occasional ink stamp. Overall: GOOD ONLY. - London- William Carpenter hardcover
Boston. Ginn and Company. 1907. Hardcover. 8vo 20cm second edition viii200p. frontis with tissue guard and 50 plate illustrations index original blue cloth gilt titles & spine illustration t.e.g. edges worn front hinge starting good Artists include Raphael Titian Van Dyke Velasquez Watteau Reynolds Sargent Watts and many more. . Boston. Ginn and Company. 1907. hardcover