1970ref. 20981Fort de France CERAG 1970 -in-4 broché 1 volume, broché (agraphé) vert in-quarto Editeur (paperback in-4 Editor) (21 x 27 cm), dos muet, 1ère de couverture imprimée en noir, toutes tranches lisses (edges smoothes), 27 pages, suivi de 22 pages de bibliographie créo succinte etablie par Jean-Pierre JARDEL, texte dactylographié (ronéotypé), sans illustrations (no illustration), les documents du CERAG, n°3, 1970, Fort de France (rue Perrinon, 74298) : CERAG Editeur,

Librairie Guimard · Nantes, França€ 50,00

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Césaire entre deux cultures. Problèmes théoriques de la littérature négro-africaine d'aujourd'hui.

ref. 13978803Abidjan: Nouvelles Editions Africaines, 1978 in-8, 296 pages, bibliographie. Reliure moderne basane brune, dos à nerfs, rares rousseurs sur les premiers et derniers feuillets, bel exemplaire.

Librairie - Galerie Eburnea · Abidjan, Costa do Marfim€ 50,00

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Anna Held Come Play With Me Pinback

ref. 019829Newark NJ: Whitehead and Hoag Producer. Unbound. Good. circa 1896 based on patent date on the reverse. Celluloid pinback with paper back. Stickpin style back. Approximately 7/8 inches in diameter. Paper on the reverse reads "F. Ziegfeld Jr. Mgr Anna Held. A pinback promoting Polish-French actress and singer Anna Held. Working in Europe Held was "discovered" by Florenzo Ziegfeld in London in 1896 and was persuaded by him to return to New York with him. Ziegfeld a master promoter and user of media fed American papers semi-lurid or exotic tales of Held creating a public sensation before she even arrived. From 1896 to 1910 she was one of Broadway's most popular actors. Held and Ziegfeld were common law spouses until Ziegfeld began an affair in 1909 with another actress and married yet another performer in 1914. GOOD condition. Image of Held very toned and faded with the words barely visible on the face. Whitehead and Hoag, Producer unknown

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Historical Records Survey. American Portraits Found in Massachusetts Volume I and II Complete. 1620-1825

1939ref. 019685Boston MA: Historical Records Survey Works Progress Administration Publisher 1939. Wraps. Good. Printed blue wraps with blue cloth tape binding. 572 pp. between the two volumes. No illustrations. An annotated survey/inventory of portrait paintings held in various places in Massachusetts arranged alphabetically by subject. Lists artist where held and other information. Typed gift letter from the Works Progress Administration tipped in at the front of the first volume. GOOD condition. Ex-library with a spine label on volume 2. No other treatments present. General toning minor soiling scuffing and creasing to the covers. Some superficial peeling to the paper at a few spots on the covers. Historical Records Survey Works Progress Administration, Publisher unknown

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Mr. Jacob M. Currier Handwritten Log of Lumber Delivered in his Behalf

ref. 021924No Place: No publisher. Unbound. Very Good. Mr. Jacob M. Currier Handwritten Log of Lumber Delivered in his behalf. No publisher place or date. Believed Dover New Hampshire late 1700s. Single sheet approximately 7 by 5 inches. A short list of lumber delivered for "Mr. Currier" including what appears to be joints to Rogers and Patten. Research indicates they built brick buildings in Dover along the town landing in the early 1800s and it's possible this was for something else they were building prior to those. Also listed is bridge plank to "Cap Wingate" although it is not clear which Captain Wingate this was. Rogers and Patten are mentioned two other times on this slip along with price of merchandise. VERY GOOD condition. Minor wrinkling and toning. A few creases. Minor fraying along the right edge. No publisher unknown

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New York Hippodrome Souvenir Book. Season 1906-1907

1906ref. 022360New York: Comstock and Gest Publisher 1906. Wraps. Good. Color illustrated wraps. Unpaginated. Photos throughout. A program for the 1906-1907 season of shows at the New York Hippodrome featuring a "Society Circus" with the whole show focusing on "gypsy" characters. Also present is several pages of music composed by composer Manuel Klein who wrote music for shows at the Hippodrome and other locales in New York and elsewhere. A photo of marksman Colonel Gaston Bordeverry aiming a gun at the top of a young woman's head also included. GOOD condition. Wrinkling and creasing to the covers with some scratches and scuffs resulting in a few tears and punctures. A few tears along the extremities. Some toning soiling to the covers along with some other minor areas of discoloration. Some wrinkling and toning in the interior. Comstock and Gest, Publisher unknown

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Search Light Matches Fold out Pop Up/Moveable Advertisement

ref. 021003No Place: Search Light Matches Publisher. Unbound. Very Good. No place or date perhaps late 1800s. Single sheet printed on both sides. Accordion folded as issued. Approximately 10 by 4 inches. One side features a full color illustration of two women and two men each with a box of Search Light matches in their hand that when the paper is unfolded is lifted into the air. The rest of the piece is advertising copy touting the matches' ease of lighting that they don't get eaten by rats they're nonpoisonous etc. VERY GOOD condition. General toning. Slight wearing away of ink to one of the figures. A hint of soiling. Search Light Matches, Publisher unknown

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Vernacular Photograph Album of Friends from Massachusetts 1924-1927

ref. 022370No Place: No publisher. Wraps. Very Good. String tied oblong format album with black and white photos tipped in with corner triangles. Black paper with photos nicely captioned with names and descriptions of locations or actions from time to time. Apparently from the collection of Ralph Adelbert Young. The photos depict trips to the Moosehill Bird Sanctuary in Sharon. Massachusetts several different summers at a "Camp Squanto" a trip to Chatham a trip to a cottage at Great Hill a hiking trip to Twin Bridges winter hiking swimming etc. The friend group was a mix of late teenage boys and girls. Approximately 50 to 75 photos. About VERY GOOD condition. Minor fading scuffing and edgewear to the covers. A few photos now loose with a couple missing. No publisher unknown

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Bearss, Edwin CBiblio.com

Historic Resource Study. Volume II of II. Charleston Navy Yard 1800-1842. Boston National Historic Park Massachusetts

1984ref. 004657No Place: U.S. Department of the Interior 1984. Original Wraps. Good. Wraps. Xxxiii 625-1144 pages. With several fold out maps reproduced illustrations etc. in the rear. Volume 2 only. An exhaustive history of the Charleston Navy Yard in Boston Massachusetts from the takeover by Commodore Elliott in 1832 and covering its many upgrades the repairs it made on different vessels turmoil on the Yard including a suppressed mutiny etc. GOOD condition EX-MUSEUM LIBRARY with a pocket and pastedown and spine label present. Minor to moderate soiling to the wraps with minor creasing and fading. Light edgewear. Interior clean and solid. U.S. Department of the Interior unknown

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Brighton, RaymondBiblio.com

They Came to Fish: A Brief Look at Portsmouth's 350 Years of History Its Local and World-Wide Involvements and the People Concerned Through the Eyes of a Reporter. Two Volumes

1973ref. 021587Portsmouth NH: Portsmouth 350 Inc 1973. Hard Cover. Good/Good. #167 in a limited edition. Glossy black faux leather hard covers. In dust jackets. 371 503 pages including an index to both volumes in volume 2. With black and white photos. A comprehensive history or Portsmouth NH with topics not discussed extensively elsewhere including the clipper ship days the Return of the Sons celebration in 1853 the effects of major fires on the city as well as a discussion of the notorious red-light district and its closing. Pictures of some of the more infamous bawdy houses are included. GOOD condition. Minor to moderate soiling scuffing and a few minor stains to the jacket. A few small tears and chips resulting in minor loss to the jackets. Superficial scuffing with slight loss of jacket illustrations to volume two. Extremities with minor tears and chips. Large tear along the lower hinge of volume two. Minor fading and soiling to the books. Portsmouth 350, Inc unknown

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Carter, NF N FBiblio.com

History of Pembroke New Hampshire 1730-1895. In two volumes Complete

1976ref. 019316Allenstown and Pembroke NH: Allenstown-Pembroke Bicentennial Committee Publisher 1976. Cloth. Very Good. Red cloth in slipcase. No jackets presumably as issued. Fold out map present in the rear of volume one. Two volume reprint of an 1895 edition giving the history of Pembroke and the surrounding area in New Hampshire with volume two containing a genealogy of area families. Books in VERY GOOD condition with minor fading and soiling. Heavier fading to the spines. Slipcase in GOOD condition with staining toning foxing and soiling. Old price written at the top corner of the case. Allenstown-Pembroke Bicentennial Committee, Publisher unknown

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Cowley, CharlesBiblio.com

Illustrated History of Lowell. Revised Edition

1868ref. 021354Boston: Lee and Shepard 1868. Cloth. Good. Rebound in modern green library cloth. 235 pp. Illustrations throughout. No map called for in this edition. A history of Lowell Massachusetts including its manufacturing history and contributions to the Civil War. GOOD condition ex-library with exterior spine label and interior pastedowns and minor marking. Minor edgewear to the exterior. Frontis illustration of Lowell DETACHED and laid in. Paper somewhat brittle and toned with minor scattered soiling. Blank pages bound in throughout although text is complete. Previous owner's signature on a first endpaper. Lee and Shepard unknown

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Cummin, Mel (artist)Biblio.com

Strike Out for the Camp-Fire Trail! Camp Fire Girls Paper Dolls. Disbound from McCall's August 1922 Issue

1922ref. 022217No Place: McCall's Publisher 1922. Unbound. Good. Single sheet folio. A sheet of paper dolls and accessories for Camp Fire Girls the youth organization founded around the same time as the Girl Scouts. Illustrated and drawn by Mel Cummin a noted American illustrator and cartoonist. GOOD condition. Minor toning to the paper. A few faint creases at the corners. McCall's, Publisher unknown

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Hawthorne, Nathaniel; Whittier, John Greenleaf et alBiblio.com

The United States Magazine and Democratic Review. Volume One Containing the Political and Literary Portions of the Numbers Published in October 1837 and January February and March 1838

1838ref. 017946Washington: Langtree and O'Sullivan 1838. Full Leather. Good. Full leather. 510 pp. With a few illustrated plates. Bound volume of this literary magazine and political journal embracing Jacksonian democracy through political essays written by its editor John O'Sullivan and others. While delving into politics the journal also published American literature historical essays etc. This volume contains three stories by Nathaniel Hawthorne all of which presumably appeared in Twice Told Tales; work by John Greenleaf Whittier; pieces on the life of Aaron Burr; an account of a voyage on the Nile River; an account of American whale ships captured by Chile and freed by Poinsett; an account of the separation of Louisiana territory from the Spanish etc. GOOD condition. Moderate to heavy scuffing and uneven fading to the covers heavy to the spine. A few small areas of staining and discoloration. Owner's signature present. Doodle on the second blank endpaper. Tick marks in the contents pages with a few sentences underlined in several sections of the book. Scattered foxing throughout. Langtree and O'Sullivan unknown

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Hudson, CharlesBiblio.com

History of the Town of Lexington Middlesex County Massachusetts from its First Settlement to 1868. Volume I-History

1913ref. 021809Boston: Houghton Mifflin 1913. Cloth. Good. Red cloth. 583 pp. With illustrations. Volume one ONLY of a town history of Lexington Massachusetts from its settlement by colonists to the mid 1800s. GOOD condition. Ex-library with spine label interior markings pockets and pastedowns. Uneven fading minor soiling and edgewear. Houghton Mifflin unknown

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Lamb, GeorgeBiblio.com

Series of Plans of Boston Showing Existing Ways and Owners of Property 1630-1635-1640-1645

1905ref. 021305Boston: Municipal Printing Office 1905. Pamphlet. Poor. Pamphlet lacking any wraps issued. 18 pp. LACKING the 1645 map ONLY three maps present. A collection of three maps depicting Boston Massachusetts in 1630 1635 and 1640. These were originally found in the Town Records Book of Possessions and other sources. The primarily depict property and owners as well as roads ways. Text with names for references included with each map. POOR condition. EX-LIBRARY. Spine reinforced with black tape. Exterior labels interior pastedown and stamping present. Paper very brittle. Heavy chipping tearing and loss along the fore edge and lower edge. The first map TORN into two pieces neatly along one of the folds. Other maps intact. Last map MISSING. POOR condition as is. Reference copy only. Really we swear. Municipal Printing Office unknown

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Mandell, DJ D JBiblio.com

The Adventures of Search for Life a Bunyanic Narrative as Detailed by Himself

1838ref. 014141Portland: S.H. Colesworthy Publisher 1838. Pamphlet. Good. Pamphlet lacking any wrappers issued and perhaps disbound from a larger work. Iv 88 pp Wright American Fiction 1774-1850 indicates this has 90 pages but text appears complete. A religious parable charting the author's transition from beliefs in Partialism through Methodism and finally to Universalism citing the many "hazards" along the way. Called "an imaginative inversion of Bunyan's own allegory" The Oxford Handbook of John Bunyan p. 598. GOOD condition ex-library. Blindstamp and a few other minor library markings present. Name of publisher handwritten in ink on the title page. Ink word on the last page of text. Minor to moderate soiling and staining to the outer pages with moderate scattered foxing throughout. Perhaps missing a last leaf. S.H. Colesworthy, Publisher unknown

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Marlock, Dennis MBiblio.com

aw Enforcement Officer's American Gypsy Language Guide

ref. 019372Madison WI: PACC Publisher. Wraps. Very Good. no date circa 1990. Wraps. 16 pp. including covers. Signed by the author with a short inscription on the inside rear cover. A brief guide to common words used by the American Roma written from a law enforcement perspective. Words are given in English along with their phonetic Roma counterparts. VERY GOOD condition. Minor curling to the corners. PACC, Publisher unknown

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Murchison, Kenneth SBiblio.com

Digest of Decisions Relating to Indian Affairs. Volume One ONLY of two. Judicial

1901ref. 014341Washington: Government Printing Office 1901. Pamphlet. Poor. Printed wraps. MISSING rear wrapper and ALL pages after page 256. A collection of rulings on laws and other legal decisions relating to Native Americans in the United States and their treatment in the legal sense by the US government. This includes specific claims lawsuits and rulings under territorial and state affairs civil actions and claims etc. giving names of tribes and/or persons mentioned in each case or ruling/law. POOR condition. MISSING rear cover and all pages after 256. Heavy browning to the front cover with tape burns near the spine. Heavy chipping and tattering to the backstrip with some chipping along the fore edge. Some toning in the interior. Government Printing Office unknown

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Nast, Thomas (artist); Collins, Wilkie et al (author)Biblio.com

Harper's Weekly. June 27 1868

1868ref. 020311New York: Harper and Brothers 1868. Wraps. Fair. Folio. Illustrated wraps. Folio. Pagination runs 401-416. Black and white photos and illustrations throughout. Single issue of this journal this featuring a full page front cover political cartoon by Thomas Nast. Titled "The Political Niagara-A Drowning Man Catches at a Straw" the work depicts the Democratic Party just about to go over the falls grasping at a cane that bears the head of an African American man with a sign to the write mentioning the S.P. Chase as their candidate for president. A US flag in the distance reads Grant/Colfax. Nasr and Harper's were politically aligned with Lincoln and his Republican Party with Nast perhaps alluding to African Americans as a way to gain political salvation for the Democratic Party. Interior features a part of "The Moonstone" by Wilkie Collins as well as a large illustration accompanying an article detailing a duel between two African American men near Savannah Georgia but apparently in South Carolina. The duel was between Jackson Brand and Eugene Moorehead as the result of alleged political loyalties. Moorehead apparently was part of a conservative group to which Jackson Brand had recently joined having previously been a Republican. A duel with shotguns was fought with Brand mortally wounded. FAIR/GOOD condition. Horizontal fold crease present. Moderate toning with some soiling and offsetting. Some chipping and tearing mostly along the fore edge. Pages 411-416 with a 2 inch triangular piece torn off from the fore edge affecting some text. Pages 407-416 have a tear at the upper middle right small at first and increasing larger toward the end affecting text and illustrations in that area. Harper and Brothers unknown

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Acts and Laws Made and Passed in and by the General Court or Assembly of the State of Connecticut in America holden at Hartford in said State on the second Thursday of May Anno Domini 1804 Caption Title

1804ref. 019430Hartford: Hudson and Goodwin Printers 1804. Pamphlet. Good. Pamphlet side folding in two separate sections. Pagination runs 659-672 plus a blank rear leaf. A descriptive printing of various laws and acts passed in Connecticut including those relating to surveyors courts gaolers and sheriffs the New Haven Aqueduct Company etc. GOOD condition. Two sections held together with a paper clip. Minor toning and foxing. Some chipping tearing and tattering along the fore edge. Pages unopened along the top edge. Hudson and Goodwin, Printers unknown

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Map of Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket Islands. New York New Haven and Hartford Railroad Co/The New England Steamship Company Map

ref. 018513No Place: New York New Haven and Hartford Railroad Co. presumed Publisher. Unbound. Good. No place or date. Presumed early 1900s. Single sheet roughly 17 by 10 inches. A map depicting the islands of Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket with what appear to be railroad lines in red as well as steamboat lines. Part of Cape Cod and New Bedford also depicted. The rail lines may be the narrow gauge lines that were in operation on the islands from the late 1800s to about 1917. May have been part of a travel booklet at some point GOOD condition. Horizontal and vertical fold crease present with a few other small wrinkles and creases present. Light toning and soiling. A few minor tears along the edges. New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Co., presumed Publisher unknown

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Graveyards of Barrington New Hampshire

ref. 021153Barrington NH: Barrington N.H. Historical Society. Wraps. Very Good. no date presumed 1993. Illustrated wraps. 133 pp. Two maps in a rear pocket and a few illustrations throughout. Addendum to the work laid in. A guide to the locations layouts and people found in the various graveyards located throughout Barrington New Hampshire. VERY GOOD condition. Minor wrinkling and fading to the wrappers. Bookplate on inside front cover. Barrington, N.H. Historical Society unknown

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Handbook of Automobiles. 1924. Twenty-first annual

1924ref. 019931New York: National Automobile Chamber of Commerce 1924. Wraps. Good. Illustrated card stock wraps. 230 pp. Black and white photos throughout. A catalog to various automobiles including cars trucks and other commercial vehicles made by a variety of manufacturers. Includes cost principal mechanical details and specifications. Manufacturers include Auburn Apperson Chevrolet Durant Haynes Dodge Studebaker Olds Nash Pierce-Arrow etc. Perhaps of note are four pages of electric vehicles including cars and commercial vehicles made by Rauch and Lang Autocar and Ward Motor Vehicle Company. While electric cars had been around since the late 1800s their use declined by 1920 due to innovations in gasoline power car design and discovery of vast amounts of oil rendering them all but obsolete by the early to mid 1920s. GOOD condition. Five strips of yellowed tape present across the spine. Covers and text block a bit wavy presumably from water exposure at some point. Minor soiling fading and discoloration to the covers. Faint dampstain visible along the fore edges of all the pages in the interior. National Automobile Chamber of Commerce unknown

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No author GivenBiblio.com

Handwritten letter detailing the medical procedures undertaken to heal an 'ununited fracture of the humerus.'

ref. 008831No Place: No Publisher. Unbound. Fair. Handwritten letter detailing the medical procedures undertaken to heal an 'ununited fracture of the humerus.' No author date or location although dates in the text indicate the treatment took place around 1851-1852 perhaps in Massachusetts. Single sheet folded into four pages all full of writing. The author documents his encounter with a 28 year old male who had broken his humerus in a carriage fall. It had not healed correctly despite attempts by other doctors. The doctor/author of this letter recalls his efforts to reset the bones including removing callouses and other treatments that eventually led to an apparent somewhat successful outcome. FAIR/GOOD condition. A one by two inch area of loss present at the upper left corner resulting in small amounts of MISSING text in that location on the first two pages. Dark browning present in this area with other small spots of browning and staining to the paper. Small hole at the center fore edge with a few letters missing because of this. Another tiny hole present in the last page. Horizontal fold creases present. A few tiny tears along the extremities. Light fading. No Publisher unknown

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