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1805réf. 33731Fairfield County 1805. Broadsheet 12-1/2" x 15-1/2". Printed document completed in ink manuscript. Old folds with some repaired splits and one 6" unrepaired split. Some small chips along a few splits with minimal loss. Light tanning scattered spotting. Good. The original grant for this land was to Nehemiah Phippeny who lost title for nonpayment of taxes. The land was sold to Lothrop Lewis of Fairfield Connecticut on May 27 1805. On the verso are hand written transfers of the same piece of property: from Lothrop Lewis to William Hawley of Woodbury January 21 1806; from Hawley to Nehemiah Dibble of Stamford February 7 1806; from Dibble to Zalmon & Seymour Wildman of Danbury October 20 1806. There is also a voided transaction crossed out from Hawley to William Lamson of Waterbury January 31 1806. In 1800 the State of Connecticut granted to her citizens who were sufferers by fire caused by the British during the Revolutionary War a half million acres of land lying within the State of Ohio which was to be taken off the west part of the "Western Connecticut Reserve" now embraced in the counties of Huron and Erie. By an 1803 Act of Ohio the sufferers were incorporated as "The proprietors of the half million acres of land lying south of Lake Erie called 'Sufferers' Land'." The Act required management of the Company by a Board of Directors. The Board was to locate and survey the granted land and to partition it among the different claimants. This part of the Western Reserve was inhabited by Indians who engaged in warfare with the settlers. On July 4 1805 a treaty between the United States and the Wyandot Ottawa Chippewa Munsee and Delaware Shawanee and Pattawatamy nations was signed whereby those Indian nations in consideration of $18916.68 released their claims to all the lands owned by the company. unknown books
1969réf. 553H1602Vancouver B.C.: Seaforth Highlanders of Canada 1969. Book. Illus. by Connorton Cy Dust Jacket. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. xxiv 559 65 pages. Eight fold-out maps. Black and white photographic plates. "Almost sixty years have passed since the Seaforth Highlanders of Canada was authorized as a regiment in the Canadian Militia. This volume covers the story of the regiment from the time it returned home in 1919 up to the present day." - from dust jacket. Clean bright and unmarked with negligible wear. Dust jacket now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. A superb copy. Edwards & Lort 3060. Hale 2487. Cuddy & Scott page 77 Cooke 2nd Edn page 185. Seaforth Highlanders of Canada Hardcover
1928réf. 47750N. P. Denver: Privately printed n. d. ca 1928. 1928. TRADE CATALOG. First edition. 8vo. Pictorial wrappers front cover in color 68 pp. illustrated. The Western Saddle Mfg. Co. basically specialized in making and repairing saddles therefore the catalog offers 36 pages of various saddles and their descriptions. Also depicted are chaparejos bridles bits reins spurs spur straps saddle blankets and pads spur rowels cuffs etc. Also a section of Trophy Art Goods for Christmas and Birthday gifts. It is noted in this catalog "Prices are subject to change without notice. Due to the unsettled market conditions as we go to press with our catalog "THIS YEAR ESPECIALLY" we can not guarantee for any definite period of time the prices listed." Covers worn and used but still a tight and usable catalog in good condition. Privately printed, n. d. (ca 1928). unknown
1925Very Good English In contemporary Ottoman cloth. 4to. (32 x 23 cm). In Ottoman script. 165, 9, [2] p., 8 b/w plates. Roumi: 1341 = Gregorian: 1925. Ozege: 10331. First Edition. Extremely rare. Kastamonu âsâr-i kadimesi. Anadolu Türk âsâr ve mahkûlâti tetebbuâtina esas.
2015réf. 220817001High Noon Western Americana 2015. Hardcover. Good. 0x0x0. Text is LIKE NEW. Very Clean. No writing or tears to text. Has minor cover wear. Dust Jacket is only fair. DJ has heavy creasing. Still a great Reading Copy. High Noon Western Americana hardcover
réf. 118696Very Good. All are gelatin silver prints on thick stock; eight are oblique photographs 207 × 154 mm; two are vertical views approximately 165 × 220 mm; the larger ones are slightly creased at the corners one of them a little more so; the others are in excellent condition. All images are captioned in the negative. All eight oblique views carry the same date 25 June 1918 preceded by 'A3 AEO 62°' ranges from 110 to 121. Place names on them are Hamel Hamel Wood Somme Accroche Wood Tailloux Wood and Vaire Wood. The vertical images are dated 3 May and 27 June 1918 and carry a larger set of alpha-numeric references commencing 'A3 AE A 715' and '35 AE B 929' respectively. All ten prints have the signature 'Capt Sexton' in indelible pencil on the verso. Digitised service records indicate the signature is that of Eric James Sexton of the Adelaide suburb of Hindmarsh; he enlisted on 14 August 1914 shortly before his 21st birthday and was appointed to the 10th Battalion with the rank of lieutenant. He was wounded at the landing at Gallipoli promoted to captain the following day and later invalided back to Australia disembarking on 6 August 1915. By January 1916 he was declared fit again for active service and re-embarked in April for England where he performed various training roles. On 14 February 1917 he transferred to the Australian Machine Gun Training Depot with the rank of major. He embarked for Australia on 12 March 1918 arriving in Melbourne on 22 May 1918. Accordingly Sexton did not serve in France and was a major not a captain by the time these photographs were produced. We cannot explain the anomalies but will let the photographs speak for themselves. Significantly they show the area where the important Battle of Hamel was fought on 4 July 1918. 'Hamel was a big battle in miniature involving the experimentation of tanks and small ammunition drops as part of a broader all-arms offensive. While a coordinated offensive was not a new approach to warfare Hamel represented the culmination of three years of learning and innovation on the Western Front testing an all-inclusive approach to mobile warfare. The flawless execution of the operation resulted in Hamel becoming a model for future operations on the Western Front. In his account of the event Monash famously wrote that "the perfected modern battle plan is like nothing so much as a score for an orchestral composition where the various arms and units are the instruments and the tasks they perform are their respective musical phrases' Ellen Cresswell: 'The Experiment - Innovations at the Battle of Hamel' Australian War Memorial website. 10 items. unknown
1841réf. 018881New York: Killey and Lossing 1841. Book. NVG. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Full leather that is modestly worn missing less than 1/4" from the head of the spine rear fixed endpaper torn ex lib plate on front fixed endpaper with no other markings minor foxing. . Killey and Lossing Hardcover
1991réf. 2080502106914209Not Available 1991. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Not Available paperback
1942Pages 161-192. Features: Two pages of illustrations of dozens of U.S. Navy, Army and Air Force badges of rank; Photo of the H.M.S. "Barham", lost in the Mediterranean on November 25, 1941; Photo of crashed 'Sunderland' aircraft and her crew who were taken prisoner by Italy when they drifted to shore; Maps and photos of Burma and Amboina; Photo of Dutch submarine bringing U-boat prisoners to a British port; Photo of Capitan-Lieut. Gert Schreiber, of the sunken "U-95" coming ashore from the Dutch submarine; Pearl Harbor burial scene in Nuuanu Cemetery; Photo of "Norness" sunk 60 miles off Long Island; Photos of Damaged enemy vehicles outside Bardia, and dug-outs for Officers; Six photos in the Western desert (in Africa) - captured Panzer Commander General Von Ravenstein, captured U-boat crew, Axis naval prisoners under Sikh guard, German anti-tank mines removed by South African Engineers; The Debate and Its Results - article with maps of the Donets Basin and Benghazi; Photos of twelve personalities of the week include Major Barbara Stimson, Lieut. Achsa Bean, Sir Edward Meyerstein, Pan-American Conference at Rio, Mr. Curtin meeting defense chiefs, Vidkun Quisling, Sir Cecil Graves, Mr. R.W. Foot, Manuel Quezon and General Douglas MacArthur; Two photos of Japan's Imperial Household Guards; Five photos of American 'White' trucks used to haul British tanks; Photo of scorched earth at what was a Malayan rubber plantation; Photos from Singapore and the Malay Peninsula; Centerfold relief map entitled "Singapore Island Besieged by Japan - from Johore to our beleaguered fortress in the far east; Two-page illustration of an American Infantry Unit in an Irish village; Two pages with eleven dramatic illustrations of the Battle of Macassar Strait - Japan's greatest naval defeat of the war; One-page illustration shows how the main tank force is screened and supported by other mechanised units; One-page illustration of the formation of a battle fleet steaming into action; Two photos and cross-section diagram of the Jet-propelled Caproni-Campini Aeroplane; Photo of ladies shredding confidential documents; Five great photos of an Australian crew manning a British 25-pound Howitzer; Vintage ads; Classy back cover colour ad for BSA features Robert Havell illustration of The Oxford and Opposition Coaches. This issue was never stapled. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy of this great wartime issue. Book
192762 x 43.5 cm one-sided colour pictorial map reduces to 22.5 x 10 cm when folded inside original blue card cover lettered in black. Illustrates the route of the CNR's Triangle Tour of British Columbia which included "Jasper National Park, Mount Robson Park, the Canadian Rockies, and the scenic seas of the North Pacific coast." Without saying so, the right side of the map switches scales so as not to display Lake Louise, a prime tourist attraction of rival railway Canadian Pacific. Includes eight sepia-tone photos of sights of interest along the way. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A well-preserved copy of this excellent piece of vintage Western Canadian tourist ephemera. Reference: Cornell University Library, Persuasive Maps: PJ Mode Collection 1219.01. Book
1798- EDIZIONE ORIGINALE, COLORITURA COEVA -Importante e decorativa mappa tratta dal "Nuovo Atlante Geografico Universale delineato sulle ultime osservazioni", edito a Roma dal 1792 fino al 1801, opera che la Calcografia Camerale commissionò al Cassini al fine di sostituire l’ormai obsoleto "Mercurio Geografico".Giovanni Maria Cassini, Chierico Regolare Somasco fu geografo e cartografo, ma anche intagliatore di architetture e prospettive - uno dei migliori discepoli di Giovanni Battista Piranesi - Cassini fu uno degli ultimi sferografi italiani del Settecento ed i suoi globi ebbero una notevole diffusione, come pure questo "Nuovo Atlante Geografico".Incisione in rame, coloritura coeva dei contorni, leggere bruniture, per il resto in ottimo stato di conservazione.L'Atlante del Cassini fu ristampato dalla Calcografia Camerale nel primo quarto del XIX secolo, prima del 1839. Solo gli esemplari di prima edizione come questo sono stampati su carta vergata coeva e sono colorati a mano in epoca. Le tirature del XIX secolo sono già su carta meccanica, priva di vergelle, e generalmente in bianco e nero. - FIRST EDITION, CONTEMPORARY OUTLINE COLOUR -The Italian painter and engraver, Giovanni Maria Cassini, produced this splendid map of as part of his epic three-volume atlas. Published in: Nuovo atlante geografico universale delineato sulle ultime osservazioni. Roma, Calcografia camerale, 1792-1801.Cassini was geographer and cartographer but he was also good at engraving architectural items and perspectives – he was one of the best disciples Giovanni Battista Piranesi had. Moreover, Cassini was one of the last artists to engrave spheres in the XVIII century and his globes were quite famous and widespread, and realized the most important Italian Atlas of the XVIII century; his maps always bear a cartouche, extremely rich in colours and details. Copperplate with fine original hand colour, some foxing, otherwise in very good condition.The Cassini's Atlas was reprinted by the Calcografia Camerale in the first quarter of XIXth century (before 1839). Only the first edition of the atlas is printed on contemporary laid paper, while the late issue are on XIXth century paper and often without colour.
195772 pages. Features: Crisis 1957 - four distinguished Canadian reporters and commentators take a long, hard look at four varying aspects of the world crisis; The Challenge of Soviet Education - which is turning out engineers, scientists, teachers, craftsmen, economists and farm experts faster than Western education can; The Hungarians and What They Mean to Canada - Special Maclean's Album - colour photos with article by Peter C. Newman; Little-known fables which reflect the heart of Hungary; How the Hungarian Crisis Saved Our Family - it gave Steve Szemeti a one-in-a-million chance to joing his father and stepmother in Canada; Our Daily Bread - a moving story from Hungary published here in English for the first time; Nice two-colour one-page ad for the 1957 Plymouth; One-page colour ad for the 1957 Pontiac entitled "Portrait of Perfection'; Vintage one-page colour-photo ad for the Toronto-Dominion (TD) Bank features young boy deliverying newspapers; Nice colour-illustrated ad for Dow ale features hockey scene; Maxwell House coffee ad features man taking a break from his woodshop work; Pilkington Glass ad features classy colour photo from the residence of E.C. Vandervoort of Kingston, Ontario; Canadian Club ad features colour photos of Bill Thompson iceboating on Lake Ontario; Cheery one-page colour-photo ad for Old Vienna beer features couple in kitchen with bowl of salad and box of brew; One-page colour-photo ad for the 1957 Ford features scene at ski resort; One-page ad for IBM's colour typewriters; One-page colour-illustrated Chevrolet ad features station wagon being loaded with skis outside chalet; Vintage Allied Van Lines ad features couple on phone arranging their move; Classy back cover colour Coke ad features painting by Robert Fawcett of social scene in exotic Acapulco; and more. Moderate wear. Clean and unmarked. A quality vintage copy of this special issue. Book
193960 pages. Features: Great ad for Dodge Trucks features delivery van, a pickup and a stake truck; Wonderful one-page International Trucks ad features tractor trailer hauling mature tree as part of construction of Treasure Island at the Golden Gate in San Francisco; Bewildered Congress groping for sound neutrality policy - article with three photos including Bernard Baruch; Defense Fever - America prepares for war; Photos of high income earners Louis B. Mayer and Greta Garbo; Italy's Seizure of Albania spreads fear from the Adriatic to the Dardanelles - major article with eight photos; Levantine Ferment; Hitler Yardstick; Refugee dilemmas in Europe; Hitler conscripts children 10 through 18 years-old for the Hitler Youth; Handsomme one-page color Packard auto ad features a 120 touring sedan; Nice two-color centerfold ad for Schlitz beer; Nice one-page two-color ad for Pontiac cars; Chevrolet car ad; Baby tumor cured with X-ray therapy; Western Union's photos by cable - with received image of Yankee Clipper aircraft; Early vintage ad for Titleist / Acushnet Golf Balls; Diary kept by Byrd's ancestor, William Byrd of Westover VA, is a gold mine of colonial data; Obituary for Joseph A. Lyons, Prime Minister of Australia; Nice 2/3-page ad for the Hotel Del Monte; New Oil Boom - four-state boom is centered near Forest City, Missouri; Full page introduction to Ernest K. Lindley of Newsweek's Washington Bureau - with photo; Photo of carload of dignitaries at New York's World's Fair includes Alfred E. Smith, Henry Ford, Mayor La Guardia, Grover Whalen (fair boss), and Edsel Ford at the wheel; Zeus cigarette holder ad; Color ad for Mount Vernon Whiskey on back cover features scene in George Washington's dining room. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy Book
1929réf. 2111902160201396Tokyo Nihonbashi Suzuki Western Hotel 1929. Soft Cover. Fine. Volume: 1 Tokyo Nihonbashi Suzuki Western Hotel paperback
1994réf. 2083002115600151Iwanami Shoten The Society of Western Classical Studies of Japan 1994. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of pages: 30 books Size: 21cm Iwanami Shoten The Society of Western Classical Studies of Japan paperback
1994réf. 2110502150908961Iwanamishoten 1994. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 30 Iwanamishoten paperback
1936réf. 2092902140602929Not Available 1936. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 1 Not Available paperback
1910réf. 62497San Francisco CA & Portland OR: The Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Co. May 1910. 8vo. xvi 482 2 203 pp. business pages in pink-tinted paper and with early text illustrated ads. Frontisp. map of long-distance line. Gray-brown printed softcovers cover art of PT&T logo front cover original braid hanger still intact minor chipping head of spine minor uniform interior toning couple corners w/ creasing & chipping some scuffing minor scuffing & pulling to inner joint still a VG- bright copy. First edition of this exceedingly scarce telephone directory for Portland & Oregon City OR un-incorporated Multnomah & Clackamas Counties as well as Vancouver WA and Clark County in the Progressive Era. This exceptional reference not only offers an essential tool in tracking residents in the Portland-Vancouver area at the beginning of the 20th-Century but also lists many of the Chinese-American & Japanese-American residents in Portland’s very small Chinatown as well as businesses including restaurants groceries & laundries. Of note are listings for such notable Chinese-Americans as Seid Gain Back and Seid Gain Back Jr. who at the time were two of the wealthiest businessmen on the West Coast as well as James & Nellie Brown Chinese-American photographers in Portland OR. The Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Co. had been formed from the Pacific States Telephone Co. in 1907 just 3 years before and 25000 more telephones than those just 11 years before. No copies in Worldcat. The Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Co., paperback
1901réf. 64631Seattle & Booklyn NY: Lowman & Hanford Stationery & Printing Co. 616 First Ave. The Albertype Co. 1901. Oblong small 4to. 9 x 7.2 in. 28 leaves unnumbered. With 25 photogravures 1 large folding panoramic when extended measuring 24 x 7 in. all w/ location and information printed below. Pictorial Navy-blue-coloured publisher’s cloth silver lettering & illustration on front cover decorated endpapers very minor scuffing at fore-edges still a VG copy. First edition thus of this scarce souvenir issued with a fine panoramic fold-out birds-eye view of “Panorama of Seattle from the Harbor.” Other illustrations depict the Port Blakeley Lumber Mills James Street and Yesler Way Hop Picking Logging the University of Washington and more. Unlike other versions of this photo souvenir issued by the Lowman & Hanford Co. at the turn of the 19th- to 20th-Centuries this version includes photos of a Puget Sound Salmon Catch; the Battleship Iowa in Puget Sound Dry Dock views of the Hotel Denny and Seattle view from the Hotel Denny before the 1903-1905 Denny regrade. The last two were shot by William Brunson b. 1875 who came to the Washington Territory in 1885 attended the Denny School built 1884 demolished in 1928 as part of Denny Regrade No. 2 and later moved to Portage Washington on Vashon Island apparently working as a photographer in Seattle and Tacoma. The Albertype Co. in Brooklyn NY was first popularized at the end of the 19th-century by the Wittemann Brothers in 1879 and by 1888 had acquired the Albertype process which was a photo-printing method closely related to collotypes in which gelatin was adhered to glass plates creating printable negatives. Worldcat locates 1 copy Seattle Public Library. Lowman & Hanford Stationery & Printing Co., 616 First Ave., The Albertype Co., hardcover
1932réf. 617G1209Vancouver British Columbia Canada: Wrigley Directories Limited 1932. Book. Fair. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 2186 pages. An incredible snapshot of British Columbia in the year 1932. "Embracing an alphabetically arranged list of cities towns post offices and railway stations in British Columbia with a description of each; an alphabetically arranged list of business houses private citizens civic provincial and dominion governments churches public and private schools secret and benevolent organizations associations etc. also an avenue and street guide and directory of householders for Vancouver and Victoria also a buyer's guide and a complete classified business directory of British Columbia." - from title page. Heavy external wear. Hinges open. A worthy copy of this wonderfully nostalgic compilation. Wrigley Directories Limited Hardcover
1997réf. 221j2927Canada: Corporation of the Village of Cumberland. Good No dust jacket as issued. First Edition. Spiral Binding. "Over 300 buildings and sites are presented as representative examples of the heritage resources of Cumberland British Columbia. The stories of some of the people who lived here has been told through the history of these buildings and sites." - Preface. 258 pages. Glossary Index Index of Addresses and Sites Abbreviations list. Profusely illustrated with black and white reproductions of photos. Moderate wear. Binding intact. A sound example of this large and impressive study.; 4to . 1997. 0968221904 . Corporation of the Village of Cumberland unknown
1916réf. 346H5201New York: The International News Company 1916. Book. Illus. by Wood Stanley L.; Somerfield Thomas; Pride Sid; Evison G.H.; Gilbert A.; Wigfull W.E.; Gillett F.; Austen Winifred; Dovaston Margaret. Very Good. Single Issue Magazine. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: The Knife-Haft Clue - a tale of murder at Cavadiera Camp in Brazil; The War in the Dolomites - article and photos of extremely challenging terrain in Italy; Stalked! - L. Rogers was stalked on a lonely trail by a big mountain lion; The Return Match - follow-up to October 1915 article "A Prize-Fight in Mexico" by N.E. Guthrie one of the principals in the fight; Two Girls in Camp in British Columbia - Miss H.W. Paul and her friend Fatima two English nurses describe their month-long holiday in the wilds of the B.C. coast; In the Grip of the "Hip Sings" - part III - an American businessman was also a member of a Chinese tong; The Mutiny of the Z.___ - part I of a tragic story related by the first mate; On the Trail in Wonderland - Part II - exploring America's newest national reserve Glacier Park in North-Western Montana; The Disappearance of Charlie Westcott - WWI story of a lucky escape; From Job to Job Around the World - Part IX - Alfred C.B. Fletcher recounts his voyage to Spitzbergen his coal-mining experiences in the Arctic and his final return to the U.S. with fascinating photos; "Mike" - The Story of a Mounted Police Sled Dog that rescued a man who had fallen unconscious in a blizzard; and more. pp. 5 ads 2 96 6-24 ads. Unmarked with moderate wear. A quality vintage copy. The International News Company Paperback
1973réf. 166j2366Vernon B.C.: Parkland ColorPress. Very Good with No dust jacket as issued. 1973. First Edition. Paperback. Presents the local history of the Shuswap River Valley. 117 semi-glossy pages. Black and white reproductions of wonderful archival photos. Prior owner's blind stamp to title page otherwise very clean bright tight and unmarked with light wear. A rare and pleasing example of this informative local history and invaluable genealogical reference. Hale & Barman 242. . Parkland ColorPress paperback
1966réf. 318c6601Port Moody BC Canada: Self-Published 1966. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 130 pages. Numerous black and white photographic plates. Gilt lettering upon backstrip. Gilt decoration upon forest green cloth-covered front board. "Recounts the development of the Flavelle cedar mill and timber holdings. A story that spans 60 years of a great province that is barely 100 years old; over 60 years of the lives of a group of men pioneers who were dedicated to the growth of this province and the lumber and logging industry." - from Preface. Prior owner's small address label atop front free endpaper otherwise contents clean bright and unmarked. Light external wear to book. Moderate wear to gilt-decorated slipcase. A quality copy. Self-Published Hardcover
1998réf. 762a3926Canada: WCWC. Fair. 1998. Special Limited Edition. Paperback. 1895123429 . 389 pages. Bibliography. Line diagrams. Colour photos. "Based on the study of 1878 shaped cedars on Hanson Island - Kwakwaka'wakw Territory - in Johnston Strait that represent 700 years of cultural identification of cedar tree activity from 1284 AD to 1993 AD." - from title page. "Discover the fascinating world of shaped cedars - trees alive and healthy today bearing marks of generations of careful bark harvests by traditional foresters working the 'cedar gardens' of Hanson Island. Find out why it is so important to study document appreciate and protect these heritage trees and the living museums within which they thrive." - from back cover. Somewhat above-average wear. Usual library markings. Binding sound. A worthy reference copy.; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; Shaped Cedars and Cedar Shaping: A Guidebook to Identifying Documenting Appreciating and Learning from Culturally Modified Trees Hanson Island Cedar Bark Harvesting . WCWC paperback
