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1995rif. Q-0822316226Duke University Press Books 1995-08-24. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Duke University Press Books paperback
1860rif. 46973New York: S. Augustus Mitchell Jr. 1860. Folio 12¼" X 15¼" image area 11½" X 14". Hand colored. Very good. Lightly age toned with bit of faint soiling; couple of small discreet stains. A well colored map of this southern trio from the 1864 edition of "Mitchell's New General Atlas Containing Maps of the Various Countries of the World Plans of Cities Etc." Interestingly Florida and its title is positioned horizontally at lower right given its shape while North Carolina and its title appear at the map's top and South Carolina and its title below it. Small inset "Map of Charleston Harbor." Quite attractive with fine floral border. S. Augustus Mitchell, Jr. unknown
rif. 5613FLORIDA. DS. 1pg. December 26 1843. Escambia County Florida Territory. A handwritten legal document concerning an estate dispute. It was signed by a clerk and docketed on the verso by several other parties including U.S. Marshal for the District of E. Florida John Beard. To the Marshals of the Territory of Florida Greeting We command you that of the goods and Chattels Lands and tenements of John N Stockton deceased in the hands of William T Stockton administrator to be administered you cause to be made the sum of one thousand seven hundred and thirty three dollars and forty seven cents for his principal and interest there on up to the eight day of December 1843 and eight per cent interest thereon until paid which John Campbell lately in our Superior Court for the County of Escambia in the western District of Florida recovered against the said William T Stockton administrator as aforesaid and the further sum of three dollars and eighty-seven cents Which to the said John Campbell was adjudged for his costs by him about his suit in this behalf expanded where of the said William T Stockton as administrator aforesaid in Convict as appears to us of record and failing the goods and chattels of the said John N C Stockton deceased And you are further commanded that you have the said sum of money in one hundred and twenty days from the date hereof before our said Court at the Court House in said County to render to the said John Campbell to satisfy and pay the debt and costs aforesaid Florida became a state in 1845. The document is in very good condition with minor faults. unknown
rif. 5613FLORIDA. DS. 1pg. December 26 1843. Escambia County Florida Territory. A handwritten legal document concerning an estate dispute. It was signed by a clerk and docketed on the verso by several other parties including U.S. Marshal for the District of E. Florida John Beard. To the Marshals of the Territory of Florida Greeting We command you that of the goods and Chattels Lands and tenements of John N Stockton deceased in the hands of William T Stockton administrator to be administered you cause to be made the sum of one thousand seven hundred and thirty three dollars and forty seven cents for his principal and interest there on up to the eight day of December 1843 and eight per cent interest thereon until paid which John Campbell lately in our Superior Court for the County of Escambia in the western District of Florida recovered against the said William T Stockton administrator as aforesaid and the further sum of three dollars and eighty-seven cents Which to the said John Campbell was adjudged for his costs by him about his suit in this behalf expanded where of the said William T Stockton as administrator aforesaid in Convict as appears to us of record and failing the goods and chattels of the said John N C Stockton deceased And you are further commanded that you have the said sum of money in one hundred and twenty days from the date hereof before our said Court at the Court House in said County to render to the said John Campbell to satisfy and pay the debt and costs aforesaid Florida became a state in 1845. The document is in very good condition with minor faults. unknown books
1915rif. 77876Chicago: Murdock Land Company 1915. Informational booklet for the short-lived Murdock Colony Farms on the Arcadia Prairie in South Florida. At the time the property was located in DeSoto County; today it would be situated in Charlotte County on the Gulf side of the Florida peninsula. Includes detailed answers to 111 frequently asked questions and a monthly planting calendar. "The entire tract is divided into 3395 farms and 3395 town lots - and sold a farm and a lot together for $210.00 - payable ten dollars each month. The farms range in size from a 400 acre general farm to a 10 acre fruit farm and truck farm." According to an article in the November 2021 issue of Between the Lines the official newsletter of the Charlotte County Libraries and History "John Milton Murdock's Colony Farms failed after the first rainy season brought extensive flooding that destroyed crops. Attempts to create a canal system to prevent flooding and provide irrigation during the dry season proved unsuccessful and Murdock ultimately fled the area after only a few years." Booklet: 32 pp. including the wrappers 3 1/4" x 6" with a map on the rear panel. Printed on pink paper and bound with two staples. Some very mild toning and wear; otherwise very good. Scarce OCLC locates no holdings. Murdock Land Company unknown
1938rif. 57192New York: Sheridan House 1938. 8vo. 287 1 pp. Numerous photo plates colour maps on endpapers. Forest-green tweed boards black lettering colour maps on endpapers minor bumping head of spine slight bumping to couple corners w/ d.j. cover art of the Gypsy Waters under sail couple minor closed tears edgewear still VG/VG- copy. First edition of this author’s memoir detailing the rebuilding and outfitting of a Chesapeake Bay Bugeye ketch he renamed Gypsy Waters and the several adventures with his family to the Bahamas the Gulf Islands the Gulf lakes and rivers of Florida and more. Scarce in original dustjacket. Sheridan House, hardcover
1912rif. GA001201Ino place: no publisher. Good with no dust jacket. 1912. First edition. Hardcover. Front cover is loose. . (no publisher) hardcover
1956rif. acs1209Gulfport Fla.: Boca Ciega High School 1956-1958. 8 issues including: Volume III No. 10 Feb. 28 1956; Vol. III No. 13 April 10 1956; Vol. III No. 14 April 24 1956; Vol. IV No. 12 April 8 1957; Vol. V No. 8 Jan. 22 1958; Vol. V No. 9 Feb. 14 1958; Vol. V No. 13 April 11 1958; and Vol. V No. 15 May16 1948. Together 8 issues. Boca Ciega High opened in the fall of 1953. These are early issues in fact award-winning issues featuring school news and personalities. Very Good. Boca Ciega High School, 1956-1958. unknown
1956rif. acs1209Gulfport Fla.: Boca Ciega High School 1956-1958. 8 issues including: Volume III No. 10 Feb. 28 1956; Vol. III No. 13 April 10 1956; Vol. III No. 14 April 24 1956; Vol. IV No. 12 April 8 1957; Vol. V No. 8 Jan. 22 1958; Vol. V No. 9 Feb. 14 1958; Vol. V No. 13 April 11 1958; and Vol. V No. 15 May16 1948. Together 8 issues. Boca Ciega High opened in the fall of 1953. These are early issues in fact award-winning issues featuring school news and personalities. Very Good. Boca Ciega High School, 1956-1958. unknown books
1931rif. 66433New York: William Morrow & co 1931. Presumed first edition/first printing. Hardcover. Good. No dust jacket. Cover has some wear and soiling. Part of DJ pasted inside front cover. Bookplate of John Hayes Knowles on fep!. x 306 p. front. port. 21 cm. O. Preface by Sir Bernard Pares. Sophie Gotcharsky was the step-daughter of Dr. harold Williams. She worked on the Russian front as a Red Cross nurse. From Wikipedia: Pier Scott-Maxwell 14 September 1883-6 March 1979 was a playwright author and psychologist. Florida Pier was born in Orange Park Florida and educated at home until the age of ten. She grew up in Pittsburgh then moved to New York at age 15 to become an actress. In 1910 she married John Scott Maxwell and moved to her husband's native Scotland where she worked for women's suffrage and as a playwright. The couple divorced in 1929 and she moved to London. In 1933 she studied Jungian psychology under Carl Jung and practised as an analytical psychologist in both England and Scotland. She died in Exeter England. Her most famous book is The Measure of My Days 1968. William Morrow & co hardcover
1945rif. 13029scsTallahassee: Florida State Centennial Commission 1945. First Edition. Octavo black cloth hardcover gilt letters and decoration to upper cover fold-out map xi 481 pp. Upper hinge starting; otherwise a Fine copy in a Very Good dust jacket with sunned spine and edgewear that includes light chipping. From Preface: Florida Becomes a State consists of selected documents relating to the admission of Florida to the Union an introduction by Dorothy Dodd Archivist in the Florida State Library and a foreword by W. T. Cash State Librarian discussing social life in Florida bout the time it became a state. The documents consitute a casebook in the formation of a state and are therefore not only useful to those interested in Florida history but to students of the science of government as well. The introduction is a more than skillmul interpretations of the documents; it is a splendid illustration of the gradual progress of Florida in surmounting obstacles on the road to statehood. Florida State Centennial Commission, 1945. First Edition. hardcover
1945rif. 13029scsTallahassee: Florida State Centennial Commission 1945. First Edition. Octavo black cloth hardcover gilt letters and decoration to upper cover fold-out map xi 481 pp. Upper hinge starting; otherwise a Fine copy in a Very Good dust jacket with sunned spine and edgewear that includes light chipping. From Preface: Florida Becomes a State consists of selected documents relating to the admission of Florida to the Union an introduction by Dorothy Dodd Archivist in the Florida State Library and a foreword by W. T. Cash State Librarian discussing social life in Florida bout the time it became a state. The documents consitute a casebook in the formation of a state and are therefore not only useful to those interested in Florida history but to students of the science of government as well. The introduction is a more than skillmul interpretations of the documents; it is a splendid illustration of the gradual progress of Florida in surmounting obstacles on the road to statehood. Florida State Centennial Commission, 1945. First Edition. hardcover books
1940rif. 608596Middlebury Vermont: The Bread Loaf Printers 1940. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Foreword by Louis Untermeyer. Octavo. 21pp. Fine in very good original unprinted glassine dust jacket with tears at the perimeter. Signed and dated by the author. (The Bread Loaf Printers hardcover
1940rif. 608596Middlebury Vermont: The Bread Loaf Printers 1940. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Foreword by Louis Untermeyer. Octavo. 21pp. Fine in very good original unprinted glassine dust jacket with tears at the perimeter. Signed and dated by the author. (The Bread Loaf Printers hardcover books
rif. 63-4758Tampa FLA: Thomas F. Stovall 1962. Typed letter signed 8" x 10" Single Page on University of South Florida letterhead. Very Good.Provenance: Peter Howard Serendipity Books Berkeley. Tampa, FLA: Thomas F. Stovall, 1962. unknown
rif. 61368bdTallahassee Florida: Nathan Mayo n.d. Octavo paperbound black & white illus. white wrappers 87 pp. Very Good with light edgewear. Nathan Mayo, n.d. unknown
rif. 61368bdTallahassee Florida: Nathan Mayo n.d. Octavo paperbound black & white illus. white wrappers 87 pp. Very Good with light edgewear. Nathan Mayo, n.d. unknown books
2014rif. 2091202133210421diamond company 2014. Soft Cover. Fine. Volume: 1 diamond company paperback
rif. ria9780882851136_inpPaperback. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; This book explores how deregulation affect housing finance and gives the broad patterns of development of institutions participating in mortgage markets. It also explores how the new housing finance system influences the cost and affor paperback
rif. ria9780729400176_inpPaperback / softback. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; N/A paperback
rif. ria9798216182702_inpHardback. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; With the end of the Cold War the invention of the World Wide Web the widespread availability to cellphones and personal computers and remarkable advances in space exploration the 1990s introduced a new era in human history. hardcover
1937Features include: The lumber industry in Canada; Life Insurance in Canada; The State of Florida. Nostalgic advertisements. Excellent black and white photography. Musty. Book
1993Cover photo of RRCCW Oxford. Features: Touring with Tradition and Technology, Northern Florida National Spring Tour, April 18-24, 1993 - many pages with great photos; What's Wrong with My Car? - Mechanical & Electrical Diagnosis Pre-War through S3; List of Rolls-Royce and Bentley articles as compiled by C.S. Shoup. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
196974 pages. Features: Savage's new lineup of .22's; Latest Products; The 50-year old Thompson is still the one they turn to; Light gauge lightweights from Remington - models 1100 and 870 now come in 28 and .410 gauges; Single shot hunting for Florida boars; Trail Guns; Take a Camera with you; The All-Around .25; Cook yourself some French Crick Ham; Hot .22 Wildcat; A Sporterized military rifle can cost you double; The Evolution of the holster; Potshots; Portfolio of hunting dogs; and more. Prior owner's stamp atop first page. Book
1961Features: McCahill tests the 'hot' new Rolls-Royce V8 and the Mercury; Build a 23-foot cabin cruiser for only $800 (Hotei); World's toughest military training - Navy Frogmen; home movie-taking made easy; our army needs new weapons - now!; Grow muscles in your backyard; 1924 Hispano-Suiza Racer; Six-ton rubber boat - Amphitrite; America's first hydrofoil ferry - the Flying Fish connects Bellingham, WA with Victoria BC; Eugene Durrance and his Florida Sea Brine Laboratory sell sea water!; Sailing on sand; Fire Buff's unique collection - James Dodge; An early Black and Decker cordless drill; clockwork marvels; Infra-red Burglar Alarm; Aluminum Pistol; "Space Camera" Eyeglasses; Transtainer; and more. Average wear. Sound copy. (colour ad on back cover shows glamourous tennis players smoking Winston cigarettes) Book