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1921réf. 2222112Second edition. Octavo. Three page introduction by George Wharton James. Original brick red pictorial cloth. Dust jacket unclipped; small chips. Fine fresh copy. 244 pages. Signed and inscribed by Brininstool to Robert Kerman Oct. 2 1923: "Good old pard through the High Sierras Sept 2-13 1923. and a rattling good horse chaser where ropes burst and hobbles fail. Pass the Salt." Pictorial binding and dust jacket were designed by Hernando G. Villa 1881-1952 a Los Angeles born artist and muralist. Brininstool made revisions to the text for this second edition and also added new material. Brininstool hardcover books
1902réf. 007645Boston: Charles E. Goodspeed 1902. Printed by D.B. Updike at the Merrymount Press Boston. New enlarged edition the first was published in 1873. In original quarter green cloth over black cloth Very Good spine label a bit soiled cloth lightly rubbed about half the pages yet uncut. . First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Charles E. Goodspeed Hardcover books
1968réf. 19977Washington DC: U.S. News and World Report 1968. Softcover. Very good. 104 pp. Light cover wear original address label on front cover. A very good copy of an interesting issue from a turbulent time in American history with the headlining article titled "A Landslide of Protest. One-Sided Election" Other topics include poverty Black Captialism "What is it" the current crisis in the Catholic Church an interview with George Wallace and "Growing Reaction to Disorders." U.S. News and World Report paperback books
1923réf. 20148San Francisco: James H. Barry Company 1923. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. The Missions and Missionaries of California New Series Local History. xviii 470 pp with frontispiece illustrations maps index. Gilt-decorated boards have light shelf wear gift inscription and previous owner's name on front endpaperscontents otherwise clean and sound. No dust jacket. During the mission period Santa Barbara was the headquarters of the second military district of California. The garrison provided guards for the five Indian Missions under its protection -- San Fernando San Buenaventura Santa Barbara Santa Ines and Purisma Concepcion. Engelhardt's comprehensivre history includes much detail on the garrison as well as the mission at Santa Barbara. James H. Barry Company hardcover books
1912réf. 006574Cleveland: The Buckeye Stereopticon Co. 1912. RARE catalogue for the year 1912 Very Good brad bound soiling to covers lacking pages 1-4 pages 5-8 loose originally 32 pp. The first 22 pp. with pictures of stereopticons one side and product specifications on verso with the last 10 pp. "Suggestions for an Evenings Entertainment with a Mirroscope". . First Edition. Brads. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. 6" x 9". The Buckeye Stereopticon Co. Paperback books
1959réf. 154203Washington D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office 1959. Large octavo pp. 1-4 1-575 576: blank numerous illustrations and diagrams brad bound in black flexible vinyl printed in silver. A later printing of the 1957 edition. Air Force Manual 52-31. ". a text for training personnel in the principles of guided missiles and a reference for all personnel concerned with guided missiles training and operation. It covers operation maintenance and inspection of guided missile controls and guidance systems. It discusses electronics as applied to guided missiles. This manual covers aerodynamics propulsion instrumentation and electronic control and guidance systems in the guided missile field." introduction The standard USAF manual on guided missiles first published in August 1955 as Air Training Command Manual 52-12 and reprinted with revisions through at least 1972. No editions are listed in Ciancone. A very good copy. #154203 U.S. Government Printing Office unknown books
1980réf. 138930Washington: Government Printing Office 1980. Single sheet. 59.2x41.8 cm folded to 10x21 cm 13 illustrations 2 maps. General information for park visitors. Verso is large map of Yosemite National Park. Reprinted several times probably seasonally without changes. Reprints dated 1981 and 1985 have been noted. A fine copy. #138930 Government Printing Office unknown books
1846réf. 2556West Point NY 1846. Cream paper creased. Good. 25.5 x 19 cm. Margaret Stebbins Scammon writes her brother from West Point where her husband E. Parker Scammon is an officer with the United Army Corps of Topographic Engineers. Parker would later command the 23rd Ohio Regiment during the Civil War. Good Friday Morn. 1846 My Dearest brother Parker fully intended to cover this envelope to you but as he was about doing it the Quartermaster must needs send for him to come to the Library for some important briefings: and so he begs me to write for him and apologize to the best of my ability for the non-appearance of your beer. You must have thought him very neglectful and tho' it is rather an awkward task I will tell you the whole truth. If you will have patience to wait till the end of this month it shall then be forthcoming. He expected to order it on the 1st but our cook took it into his head to go back to the city to live and as we had at his own request kept back the quarter part of his wages for 18 months you must know our last month's pay went with a rush and as we are so involved on every side we wont borrow and therefore all parties ourselves included must wait till after another visit from the Paymaster for our good beer. I have thus most frankly stated to you the case and I hope you will excuse it. We remember that we are still considerably in your debt so that it is with great pleasure that P. will attend to your order just so soon as circumstances will permit. I think the value of the empty half barrels returned is $1.50 each and they quite well have them as money. They are returned at any time and credited to sender. We are looking forward to your visit in June or July with impatience. Do not disappoint us. Your very aft sister Margaret The letter is addressed to Margaret's brother - Mr. John B. Stebbins Care of Homer Foote & Co. Springfield Mass. We know the merchant her brother worked for Homer Foote had become a very wealthy retailer in Springfield and assume that John B. was successful as well. Letter has some foxing and tears in areas where there is creasing. Red West Point stamp is faint along with the number 5. unknown books
réf. 25301969: Standard Brands Inc. Staplebound. Color illustrated wraps with elastic cord. Very good. Unpaginated. 12 pages 10 x 8 cm. Fully illustrated pamphlet utilizing American soprano Kate Smith known for her rendition of Irving Berlin's "God Bless America" - to peddle Chase & Sanborn Instant coffee designed by the advertising agency J. Walter Thompson. A pictorial reprint from an 1898 booklet featuring flags from America's past: The Bunker Hill Flag The Pine tree Flag of The Navy The First National Flag The Bunker Hill Flag The First Union Flag The Colonial Flag The Rattlesnake Flag. Pages lightly toned. Standard Brands, Inc. paperback books
réf. 21688On February 15 1898 a mysterious explosion destroyed the battleship USS Maine while it was anchored in Havana Harbor killing 260 men and helping to propel the United States into war with Spain. Although the cause of the explosion was unclear American newspapers were quick to allege that the ship had been brought down by a Spanish bomb. Led by William Randolph Hearst in the New York Journal and Joseph Pulitzer in the New York World the press demanded action. Hearst's headline "Remember the Maine!" became a rallying cry that helped turn American public opinion strongly in favor of war with Spain. By April President McKinley had given into to additional pressure from hawkish senators and his own vice-president Theodore Roosevelt and war was declared. Although brief the Spanish-American War had important consequences. It ended Spain's colonial empire in the Western Hemisphere and secured the position of the United States as a Pacific power. "U.S. victory in the war produced a peace treaty that compelled the Spanish to relinquish claims on Cuba and to cede sovereignty over Guam Puerto Rico and the Philippines to the United States. The United States also annexed the independent state of Hawaii during the conflict. Thus the war enabled the United States to establish its predominance in the Caribbean region and to pursue its strategic and economic interests in Asia" Office of the Historian U.S. State Department. This collection consists of approximately 120 items including original photographs printed and real photo postcards stereoviews commemorative programs patriotic covers postal stamps calling cards song sheets lithographs and other ephemera showing the Maine as she appeared before the disaster the wreckage and salvage efforts the funeral service and burials of the victims first at Cristobal Colon Cemetery in Havana later at Arlington National Cemetery and some of the myriad ways in which the Maine was memorialized and mythologized in American popular culture. Original photographs and real photo postcards capture the ship and crew prior to the disaster crowds of sailors lined up to pay their respects to the victims the coffins being transported the cemetery dotted with freshly dug graves elaborate floral wreaths and memorials and salvage efforts in the immediate aftermath of the disaster and in 1911 when the ship was raised before being towed out to sea to its final resting place at the bottom of the ocean. The wide reach of the patriotic feelings aroused by the disaster can be seen in two cabinet cards of young children wearing U.S.S. Maine hats as well as on items that have no military or national connection e.g. a high school commencement program a blotter advertising corsets yet bear images of the Maine or the "Remember the Maine" slogan. On envelopes and stationery we see images of Uncle Sam punching a Spainiard an eagle dubbed "the New Bird in Havana Harbor" and troops walking toward a ship under the heading "On to Cuba." A mendicant uses the Maine as his theme on a card handed out to solicit alms; a song by a writer of sensational crime broadsides is reported to have been "composed and written during the indecision of the U.S. Government" and urges "Let's show all foreign powers Aye the haughty sons of Spain they will brook no insult like the Sinking of the Maine." A particularly unusual item is an envelope illustrated with an image of the remains of the ship captioned "WHO DID IT" containing illustrated sheets of tissue with instructions to blow them up via a small "fuse" on the back. In all an illuminating collection that helps demonstrate the impact of both the incident and how it captured the popular imagination -- such that many Americans still recognize the "Remeber the Maine!" rallying cry today even if they no longer know what it represents. unknown books
1910réf. 2450Chicago: Rex Bromide Co. c. 1910. Staplebound. Color illustrated wraps. Very good. 63 pages. 22 x 14 cm. Featuring handy home goods to solve the everyday problems of the homemaker - this catalogue includes hundreds of gadgets. Each page includes 2-3 small write ups for each item and all items are shown with a detailed black and white illustration. Personal favorites include the Sure Death Fly Killer and the Star Asbestos Burner used for quick cooking and odorless toasting. Light creasing with 2 small closed tears to front cover. No copies found 2/15/21. Rex Bromide Co. paperback books
1939réf. 2456Boston: The Veterans of Foreign Wars 1939. Cards. Cream illustrated cards. Good. 23 x 15.5 cm. Folding cream card menu featuring photo illustrations of Eugene I. Van Antwerp Commander-in-Chief and Anna Mae Lockner National Auxiliary President. Cover: Reception and Banquet Tendered by the 1939 National Encampment Corp. - HOTEL SOMERSET Boston Mass. Wednesday Evening Feb. 15 1939 in conduction with 40th National V.F.W. Encampment. The Veterans of Foreign Wars VFW - an organization of U.S. war veterans who as military service members fought in wars campaigns and expeditions on foreign land waters or airspace - held conventions yearly VFW National Conventions used to be called encampments. This menu for the reception and banquet was held at the beginning of 1939 while tensions escalated overseas and the U.S sentiment was anti-interventionist. Guests include: Bennett Champ Clark - U.S. Senator Missouri Leverett Saltonstall - Governor of Massachusetts Maurice J. Tobin - Mayor of Boston and many more. Dinner featured Filet Mingon Delmonico Potatoes dessert. Some foxing and stains with previous fold mark throughout the middle. The Veterans of Foreign Wars unknown books
1804réf. 3386Washington DC: Printed by William Duane & Son 1804. First Edition. Very good. 8vo. 213 x 135 mm. 2 1-8 11-13 1 3-22 pp. 1 blank f. pagination irregular but the text is complete. Modern sympathetic wrappers. Sig. A with pronounced foxing considerably less so in sigs. B and C. Stab holes in gutter margin; first eight pages with contemporary ink notations shaved some still readable unimportant ink stain on final blank. With ink signature of Connecticut Congressman Samuel W. Dana on title page as well as Eberstadt pricing notes $50 in 1929 and codes in pencil on title and final blank. Overall a crisp copy with an interesting provenance. Moses Austin's report on the lead mines in Missouri is one of the earliest selections in Becker's fourth edition of Wagner-Camp's Plains & Rockies: no. 2d ! -- Our copy was owned by Congressman Samuel W. Dana 1760-1830 who was almost certainly in attendance when Jefferson read THIS State of the Union Address "to Both Houses of the Congress." Dana's annotations appear on the first seven pages of the text. Moses Austin's report on mining in Missouri appears as the third item in the present volume. Howes calls it the "First United States' book on Missouri" even though it was never separately issued. The bespoke report is likely the first publication concerning mining west of the Mississippi River. It certainly precedes Henry R. Schoolcraft's 1819 "A View of the Lead Mines of Missouri" sometimes considered the first book on the subject of Western mines. Austin reported to Jefferson that area he was then mining would be a choice acquisition for the United States. Austin utilized ingenious mining techniques of his own creation and became extremely successful. However in the end he had to declare bankruptcy a setback which caused him to turn to Texas for a land grant. Thus in one of the odd twists of history a failed mining venture in Missouri eventually led to the Republic and State of Texas a cause that was of course championed successfully by his son: Stephen F. Austin. The other two documents in Jefferson's State of the Union message are of interest: the first expresses Spain's abandonment of opposition to the Louisiana Purchase -- a welcome development. The second is a proclamation by the President establishing a Customs District and Port of Entry at Mobile Alabama on the Gulf Coast. Other topics include the organization of the Louisiana Territory and measures taken against the Barbary pirates. Jefferson also reports that he is hoping to deal peacefully and productively with the area's Native Americans a policy that would be abandoned later in the century by other presidents. PROVENANCE: Samuel W. Dana Connecticut member of the U.S. House. -- From the Americana Collection of Dorothy Sloan 1943-2021 great Texas bookseller and auctioneer who specialized in Western Americana Texana and Latin Americana purchased by her after Auction 22 12/11/2009 lot 547 $2400. This copy was offered at Heritage Dallas in 2012 as a contribution to the TSHA est. $2000 - $4000 unsold. It is the ONLY copy that has appeared at auction since 1925 according to Rare Book Hub which lists the 1/19/1925 sale at Anderson Galleries lot 274. American Imprints 1804 7551. Graff 4405. Howes A401 listed under Austin. Plains & Rockies IV:2d. Sabin 2419. Streeter Sale 1580. Tompkins Bibliotheca Jeffersoniana p. 97 W151. Printed by William Duane & Son unknown books
1948réf. 008639Princeton N.J.: Published for the American Philosophical Society by Princeton University Press 1948. SCARCE in dust jacket. Near Fine small bumps top corners bookplate half covered by front flap. In Very Good Plus dust jacket small tears top edges spine a touch darkened. The first complete and unexpurgated edition of this autobiography. "Now first printed in full from the original manuscripts in possession of The American Philosophical Society and The Library Company of Philadelphia". Rush was a signer of the Declaration of Independence and America's most distinguished 18th century physician. . First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good Plus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Published for the American Philosophical Society by Princeton University Press Hardcover books
1815réf. 714441815. Philadelphia 1815. 5 vols.; Washington 1822-1845. Philadelphia 1815. 5 vols.; Washington 1822-1845. Complete Sets of Bioren's Laws and Its Continuation Volumes United States. Colvin John B. d. 1827 Compiler. French Benjamin B. French 1899-1877 Compiler. Bioren John Printer. Laws of the United States of America From the 4th of March 1789 to the 4th of March 1815 Including The Constitution of the United States The Old Act of Confederation Treaties and Many Other Valuable Ordinances and Documents; With Copious Notes and References. Philadelphia: John Bioren and W. John Duane 1815. 5 volumes. Complete. And Colvin John B. and Others Compilers. Laws of the United States of America From the 4th of March 1821 To the 3rd of March 1845. Corresponding With And Intended as a Continuation of The Edition of Bioren & Co. as Published by Authority of an Act of Congress. Washington DC: Printed and Published by Davis & Force and other publishers 1822-1845. 5 volumes numbered 6-10. Complete. Octavo 9-1/4" x 5-1/2". Twentieth-century library cloth red and black calf lettering pieces and small paper location labels some fragmentary to spines endpapers renewed. Light soiling and shelfwear spine ends and corners lightly bumped some nicks and chipping to lettering pieces front hinge of Volume 6 cracked. Moderate toning light foxing and light browning in places library stamps and marks to title pages title page and following leaf of Volume 6 partially detached most volumes have a few dog-eared leaves. $2500. First editions. Volume I contains the text of the Declaration of Independence the Bill of Rights and the proposed thirteenth amendment of 1810. Each volume contains glosses and a thorough index. Volume 5 is a general index to Volumes 1-4. Known as "Bioren Laws" this edition was compiled under the direction of the attorney general to fulfill an 1814 Congressional act calling for a uniform edition of U.S. laws. It also contains land claims notes on the origins of various governmental departments and treaties with foreign powers and Indians. Surrency observes this compilation perpetuated an error regarding the thirteenth amendment. "At the time John B. Colvin was editing the laws a proposed thirteenth amendment lacked ratification by one state yet was included in the Constitution. The editor acknowledged in the preface that he knew the a. unknown books
1829réf. 008474Richmond VA/ New York / Philadelphia : Various 1829. A collection of small religious books two were published Richmond both are Psalms and Hymns 1867 the rest NY 3 Bibles 1829 1864 1869 or Philadelhia Book of Common Prayers 1868. Range in height from 3 7/8" to 5 5/8". Together with an Autograph Book no publisher or date but inscription dated 1866. All were owned by a Southern minister in Memphis named J. O.James Owen Stedman and his daughter Ella Owen Stedman. Stedman was pastor of First Presbyterian Church of Shelby County from 1854-1868. He then helped to found the Alabama Street Presbyterian Church in Memphis in 1868. The autograph book with one page presentation inscription to Stedman dated Dec. 1866 with ten signatures of elders and deacons of the church on 3 pages. No further autographs or writing in the book. Autograph book good loss of half the spine leather the book quite rubbed. The small Bibles etc. are Very Good to Near Fine. A unique collection of post Civil War Memphiana. . Leather. Very Good. Various. Various Hardcover books
1798réf. 36591Philadelphia: Printed by Joseph Gales 1798. 8pp disbound with scattered light foxing. Untrimmed top edge uncut. Good. Secretary Wolcott reports on the public debt much of it consisting of Revolutionary War obligations. An Act passed March 1795 barred the payment of certain United States debts. Treasury Secretary Wolcott in response to the importuning of holders of this now worthless revolutionary paper ruminates on whether without encouraging fraudulent or counterfeit claims the Act might be suspended in certain worthy cases. Evans 34853. I Jenkins Early American Imprints 515. ESTC W13467 8 copies at 6 locations. Printed by Joseph Gales unknown books
1797réf. 36485Philadelphia 1797. Folio Broadsheet 7-3/8" x 12." Old horizontal folds three chips at blank edges some foxing in the upper blank margin. Good. This apparently unrecorded imprint of the Fourth Congress prints three Acts two of them approved March 3 1797 the day before the inauguration of President John Adams and one approved March 2 1797. The first Act suspends duties on snuff and sugar. The second establishes procedures for remitting or mitigating forfeitures and fines levied pursuant to acts regulating vessels in the fisheries or coasting trade. The third Act concerns the registration and licensing of ships engaged in the coasting and fisheries trade. Each Act is signed in type by George Washington among his final acts as President Jonathan Dayton Speaker of the House and William Bingham President of the Senate pro tempore. Not in Evans Bristol Shipton & Mooney Stark & Cole ESTC or the online sites of AAS and OCLC as of December 2019. unknown books
1790réf. 38217New York: John Fenno 1790. Folio. 224pp. Contemporary half sheep and marbled paper covered boards red morocco lettering piece Lovely example in original condition of the journal of the second session of the first Congress. Many important issues were settled in the discussions recorded herein and many significant moments in the nation's history are treated in depth. Included are George Washington's first State of the Union Message discussions of state surrender of western lands notices of ratification of the Bill of Rights and discussions of questions of the seat of government and Hamilton's fiscal proposals. The present example is the first issue of the Senate journal of the second session of the first Congress with the pagination of the two final leaves uncorrected and without an errata. A highly significant journal describing some of the founding legislation of the United States in lovely original condition. Evans 22982; NAIP w020579. John Fenno unknown books
1965réf. 701361965. United States. Catalogue of Treaties 1814-1918. Washington: Government Printing Office 1919. Reprint. Buffalo: Dennis & Co. Inc. 1965. xxv 716 pp. Original cloth hardcover light shelfwear library markings to binding edges of text block endleaves and title page. $20. unknown books
1794réf. 35253Philadelphia: Childs and Swaine 1794. 438 29 1 blank pp. Stitched untrimmed top edge uncut as issued. Remnant of original plain front wrapper rear wrapper present. Very Good or better. This document includes several Messages of President Washington including his December 1793 Address opening the Session his first Message to Congress since his re-election. He warns "The United States ought not to indulge a persuasion that contrary to the order of human events they will for ever keep at a distance those painful appeals to arms with which the history of every other nation abounds. There is a rank due to the United States among nations which will be withheld if not absolutely lost by the reputation of weakness." Washington urges fairness in commerce with the Indians: "It ought to be conducted without fraud without extortion with constant and plentiful supplies." Also printed is Washington's Message of December 5 expressing annoyance at Citizen Genet whose utterances have tended "to involve us in war abroad and discord and anarchy at home." Subsequent presidential messages include additional material on the Genet Affair and difficulties with the Creeks and Cherokees "owing to the murder of several friendly Indians by some lawless white men." Also included is material on the Embargo; passage of the Eleventh Amendment to the Constitution barring federal court jurisdiction of suits against a State by citizens of another State; a bit of discussion of the Bon Homme Richard; and a host of other matters. The Session closed in May 1794. FIRST EDITION. Evans 27910. Childs and Swaine unknown books
1797réf. 34640Philadelphia: Ross 1797. 561 26 Constitution and Amendments thereto iv Table of Contents Index of 24 leaves. Bound in attractive modern calf and marbled boards with gilt-lettered morocco spine label. Occasional light toning and mild foxing Very Good. This is a complete offering of Ross's printing of the Acts of all three Sessions of the Fifth Congress including the Alien & Sedition Acts and establishment of the Marine Corps plus a treaty with the Cherokees. Evans 32951 34688 36479. Sabin 15501-15503. Ross unknown books
1794réf. 34555Philadelphia 1794. Broadside 8" x 13-1/2". ". Old horizontal folds several fold splits without affecting text bottom quarter toned. Margin reinforcements on blank verso. Good. This scarce document is signed in type at the end by "Geo. Taylor jun. Ch. Clk. in the Department of State." The Rule prohibits a vessel within "the jurisdictional line of the United States on the ocean" from sailing for 24 hours against a belligerent vessel which has left American waters. Failure to abide by the Rule is deemed a violation of "the law of nations." Evans 27928. ESTC W23289 AAS NYPL Lib. Congress. unknown books
1796réf. 34092Philadelphia: Printed by F. Childs 1796. 14pp folding table is pages 5-6 as issued disbound mild wear. Very Good. At head of title: "Received the 18th December 1795." Vice President John Adams who signs in type on page 4 presents the Report "on behalf of the Board." The Treasury Department records are presented in detail. Evans 31462. Printed by F. Childs unknown books
1850réf. 672881850. Nineteenth-Century Sign from a Lawyer's Office Lawyers. United States. Gilt-Lettered Black-Background Wooden Sign Reading: Norman W. Downes Lawyer. Vermont Mid- to late-nineteenth century. 8-1/4" x 26" gilt letters on rough black-sand surface beveled edges two eyelet screws at ends for hanging. Rubbing around edges with some wear mostly around bottom corners. $350. A note on the verso reads: "Seller said from VT. His joke: Don't see many of these without bullet holes in them! unknown books
