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réf. 295372Cincinatti New York: Strobridge Litho Co. PAUS Herbert Andrew. Original poster. Color lithograph. Page measures 35 1/2" x 56 1/2". Homefront poster from World War I encouraging Americans to save food. This vividly colored lithograph depicts a Red Cross nurse a wounded soldier a mother and infant and other people in need standing in front of a Iron Cross and pointing to a quote by John Greenleaf Whittier. Folded as issued some cracks along folds. Repair to right margin. Mounted on linen. Beautiful colors. Strobridge Litho Co unknown books
réf. 261343New York: M.B. Brown Printing and Binding Company. Original poster. Color lithograph. 21.5 x 14 inches. WWI era slogan. This poster is vivid blue with white text. Good condition with collection inventory number in margin. M.B. Brown Printing and Binding Company unknown books
1962réf. 382163Washington: Government Printing Office 1962. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Multiple Senate Documents 87th Congress 2d Session bound in one volume. Thick octavo. With black and white photographs. Complete as issued in the original publisher's cloth. Ex-library with ink stamps front board and pastedown else no other markings. Moderate soiling to the boards very good. Contains the Senate hearing on the Orbital Flight of John H. Glenn Jr. No. 79: iii 126pp. black and white photographs and many important documents relating to the cold war foreign policy of the United States especially in Latin America. These include: Education for Survival in the Struggle Against World Communism No. 93: v 127pp.; Special Report on Latin America No. 80: v 62pp.; Latin America and United States Policies No. 82: v 85pp.; and Study Mission to South America No. 91: vi 17pp. A nice copy scarce in the trade. Government Printing Office hardcover books
1938réf. 572841New York: The Viking Press. Sponsored by the Mississippi Advertising Commission 1938. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Octavo. 545pp. Illustrated. Folding map in pocket in rear. Endpapers toned along the inside hinges else near fine lacking the dust jacket. This WPA state guide includes at lest three photographs taken by Eudora Welty who took photographs for the WPA. The Viking Press. Sponsored by the Mississippi Advertising Commission hardcover books
1941réf. 515319Lincoln Nebraska: Woodruff Printing Company 1941. Softcover. Fine. First edition. Edited by Zerne P. Haning and Robert E. Carleson. Octavo. 31pp. Stapled purple pictorial wrappers. Illustrated. Sponsored by the State Superintendent of Public Instruction. Slight uneven fading on spine and extremities else a very fine bright copy. Scarce.OCLC locates no copies. Woodruff Printing Company unknown books
1961réf. 127807Washington DC: GPO 1961. Paperback. 32p. stapled wraps 6x9.25 inches previous owner's name penned on front wrap light edgewear else very good condition. US Senate. 87th Congress. 1st Session. GPO paperback books
1937réf. 290811Boston: The Armenian Historical Society 1937. Hard Cover. Very Good binding/Very Good dust jacket. An unusual title of the ‘American Guide Series.’ A history and cultural study on the Armenians written by the Federal Writers Project for the Armenian Historical Society and Armenians in Massachusetts. Chapters on the Armenian countryside Church Press Literature Customs and others. Numerous plates. Slight musty odor. Some shelfwear. Small loss to the extremities of the spine. Textured blue cloth with gilt lettering and a Very Good dustjacket. Very Good binding / Very Good dust jacket. The Armenian Historical Society unknown books
réf. 286476Washington DC: Imprenta del Gobierno de los Estados Unidos n.d. Hardcover. 181p. b&w photographs reproduced in gravure on alkaline paperstock a hardbound folio in cloth boards measuring 13.5x10 inches. First issued in English this issue is Spanish-language only. Most of the plates are very good the binding suffered mild exposure to damp noticeable at the front endsheet gutter. Spine panel and lettering are faded and dirty. An example of WPA work turned to propaganda purposes. Imprenta del Gobierno de los Estados Unidos hardcover books
1939réf. 09952The Viking Press 1939. First Edition. large octavo 28 pages; original pictorial wrappers staple bound; illustrated in black and white. Gutter stain throughout bleeding about one half inch into margin. Very good. unknown books
1938réf. 09951New York: The Viking Press 1938. First Edition. Very Good/Very Good. octavo 538 pages plus Index; folding map in rear pocket. Dust jacket with price of $2.50 on flap. American Guide Series illustrated in black and white. The Viking Press unknown books
1942réf. 340539Chicago: Albert Whitman & Co 1942. Hardcover. 48p. illustrations two of which are full page color first edition very good condition in a lightly edgeworn dj with the original price intact but inked over with the new series price on both flaps and a chipped spine panel. "An Elementary Science Reader" "Lords of the Old West is the romantic tale of those mighty bison or buffaloes that once roamed the western plains of the United States in herds a million strong."-dj flap. Albert Whitman & Co hardcover books
1939réf. 178113Johnstown PA: The Mayor's Committee of the City of Johnstown 1939. Pamphlet. iv 36p. 6x9 inches foreword by Mayor Daniel J. Shields note by Paul Comily French illustrated with drawings and photos and a centerfold illustration of the town after the Deluge of 1936 very good booklet in stapled pictorial wraps. American Guide Series. The Mayor's Committee of the City of Johnstown unknown books
1942réf. 44795U.S.: William Roy Smith Memorial Committee 1942. Softcover. Very Good. First edition. Text on the front wrapper offsetting around the edges else very good in stapled wrappers. William Roy Smith Memorial Committee unknown books
1938réf. 180280Cincinnati: Sponsored by Cincinnati Public Schools 1938. 42p. 6x9 inches frontis-map of the Northwest Territory illustrated with drawings by Earle Sargeant light foxing otherwise a very good first edition booklet in blue-gray pictorial stapled wraps. American Guide Series. Dykes 242 Powell 1228. Sponsored by Cincinnati Public Schools unknown books
1988réf. 1400764White Plains NY: Kraus International Publications 1988. First revised reprint edition. Hardcover. Octavo. Three volumes. VG-. Black spine with silver lettering. Bound in black cloth with silver lettering on spine and front cover. No dust jackets as issued. Bindings slightly cocked with minor soiling on covers. Text blocks have very minor soiling. NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex Area Multi-Volume Area ND-MV. 1400764. FP New Rockville Stock. Kraus International Publications hardcover books
1966réf. 548320New York: Arno Press / Museum of Modern Art Film Library 1966. Hardcover. Near Fine. Reprint. Volume 1 only. Small quarto. 723pp. Illustrated with black and white photographic plates. Boards lightly soiled near fine lacking a dust jacket. Arno Press / Museum of Modern Art Film Library hardcover books
1940réf. 336073Chicago: Diamond Jubilee Exposition Authority/Illinois Writers' Project 1940. Paperback. 95p. foreword preface exhibits; wraps slightly browned with edge wear otherwise in very good condition. Published for the 1940 Diamond Jubilee Exposition American Negro Exposition held in Chicago to celebrate 75 years of emancipation. The Illinois Writers' Project was one of the only WPA state projects to have a significant number of African Americans. Dykes 78 Powell 302. Diamond Jubilee Exposition Authority/Illinois Writers' Project paperback books
1961réf. 382140Washington: Government Printing Office 1961. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. House Documents Nos. 55 and 56 87th Congress 1st Session bound together with two other documents in one volume. Quarto. xxiii 278; xvii 186pp. black and white photographs and folding plates. Complete as issued in the original publisher's cloth. Ex-library with three small ink stamps front board and pastedown else no other markings. Moderate soiling to the boards very good. NASA's very scarce fourth semiannual report on Satellites Sounding Rockets Manned Space Flight Lunar and Planetary programs and other NASA programs and research. Bound with the equally scarce third annual report on America's activities in aeronautics and space exploration. Also included in this volume is Document No. 221: Operations of the Fulbright Program of the Department of State 158pp. and Document No. 234: Fifth Annual Report of the President of the United States on the Trade Agreements Program 110pp. OCLC locates only one copy of the Third Annual Report in the Fields of Aeronautics and Space and no copies of NASA's fourth semiannual report. Government Printing Office hardcover books
1937réf. 283633Washington DC: Government Printing Office 1937. Hardcover. 1140 2p. illustrations boards. First edition two maps in rear pocket as called for. Bookplate on verso of front flyleaf. Spine lettering dulled minor foxing of the fore edge else very good condition. American guide series. Dykes 385 Powell 152. Schoyer's 670. The debut of the American Guide Series one of six books published by the GPO. Massive 5.5 pound tome. The Washington DC guide was the first of the series and intended as a model for the other guides. Government Printing Office hardcover books
1939réf. 606306Chicago: A.C. McClurg & Co 1939. Softcover. Very Good. First edition. Small quarto. 64 2 photographic plates pp. Illustrated wrappers. Wraps toned and soiled nicks at the spine ends last couple pages with light foxing very good. A.C. McClurg & Co unknown books
1919réf. 51665Chicago: United States Railroad Administration; Poole Bros 1919. Very good. 62pp. Slim octavo 23 cm x 20 cm with the covers and pages folded once vertically through the center. Saddle stitched pictorial wrappers. The edges of the front wrap are moderately rubbed and chipped and there are single light 2 x 1 1/2" stains in the top edges of the front wrap and preliminary pages. Else the pages are clean and free of markings. Contents include America's Playground for Americans: An Appreciation of Colorado and Utah by Edwin L. Sabin. United States Railroad Administration; Poole Bros unknown books
1927réf. 332117Stanford Palo Alto CA: Stanford University Press 1927. Hardcover. xii 319p. monochrome map endpapers frontis plus numerous scattered photo-illustrations on glazed inserted stock most of these three pix per leaf a near-fine first edition in black cloth boards titled gilt and decorated in blind. Green & yellow headbands a respectful production marked only with a generic small ownership label over an endpaper map. Faint tint-loss to top and tail rims spine-lettering a touch dim but perfectly legible sound square cleanly and otherwise unmarked: as stated near fine. Stanford University Press hardcover books
1940réf. 579671Lincoln Nebraska: Woodruff Printing Company 1940. Softcover. Very Good. First edition. Drawings by Paul Gibson. Octavo. 48pp. Stapled orange wrappers printed in black. Staples partially pulled through very good. Historian activist and W.E.B. Du Bois literary executor Herbert Aptheker's copy with his ownership Signature. Woodruff Printing Company unknown books
1943réf. 330666Washington DC: Government Printing Office 1943. Pamphlet. 23 3p. wraps. 9.25x5.75 in. "The Nutrition in Industry Division of the Nutrition and Food Conservation Branch is primarily concerned with promoting proper eating conditions and the serving of nutritious foods within the industrial plant. Government Printing Office unknown books
1940réf. 65608Houston: Anson Jones Press 1940. Hardcover. Very good. Hardcover. First Edition. xvii 158pp index. Faint grease pencil number on front pastedown foxed throughout boards darkened a else a very good example in publisher's decorated cloth. Anson Jones Press hardcover books
