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By: N/A
Price: $15.00
Publisher: Washington, D.C., U. S. Government Printing Office: 1903
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 001069
Condition: Very Good
100th anniversary commemorative of Louisiana Purchase. Modestly sunned spine panel, lightly frayed spine extremities. Mild shelf wear, small tiny holes along rear joint. Tape repair to front flylyeaf (blank). 299 pp. View more info
By: N/A
Price: $20.00
Publisher: Wickliffe, KY and Luke, MD, Westvaco: 1984
Edition: Limited
Seller ID: 001167
Condition: Fine
Limited edition, Christmas annual, slipcased, gilt top, ribbon bookmark bound in. Book and case as issued. View more info
By: N/A
Price: $9.50
Publisher: New York, Thomas Publishing Co.: 1985
Edition: First Thus
Seller ID: 002585
Condition: Near Fine
Green cloth, gilt lettering, 1,228 pp. + front advertisements on yellow paper, with 98,240 names. As issued except for foxing on text block edges. Facsimile reprint edition of the first Thomas Register of American Manufacturers guide, issued in 1905-06, to commemorate the company's 75th edition (rather than its 75th anniversary, which occurred five years earlier, in 1980). Limited edition, this being copy No. 5416. Includes cover letter laid in. Published at $35. Quite scarce. View more info
By: N/A
Price: $195.00
Publisher: New York, Henry R. Piercy & Co. Printers: 1831
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 003732
Condition: Good
Original 1/4 calf, marbled paper over boards, leather backstrip. 74 pp., many accompanied by a full-page woodcut opposite. Rubbed edges, with corners exposed, leather rubbed, with small area of loss at top spine extremity. Former owner signature (dated 1831) on FFEP. Interior a bit toned, with scattered foxing (ranging to moderate in a few spots), mostly to woodcuts. Contains 31 of an unspecified number of plates. Interesting early U.S. views of U.S. Capitol at Washington D.C., the New York Highlands near West Point, Bedford Mineral Springs and York Springs, Adam County, (Pennsylvania), Brookl... View more info
By: N/A
Price: $19.50
Publisher: New York, Time, Inc.: 1936
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 004576
Condition: VG-
Original prospectus for the third publishing venture (after Time and Fortune) of Time, Inc. -- and the first to fail. Tan cloth, moderately soiled. Interior clean and fully intact. Firm binding. 72 pp., illus. w/ gorgeous b&w photographs. View more info
By: N/A
Price: $125.00
Publisher: Early American Industries Association: 1953
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 008190
Condition: Near Fine
Group lot consists of 16 issues VI.3, 4; VII.1, 2 (2 issues), 3, 4; VIII.3, 4; IX.1, 2, 3, 4; X.1, 2, 3 (1953 through 1957). Lacks VIII.1, 2, with duplication of VII.2. Articles on early pianos in Philadelphia, Colonial Williamsburg, bake ovens, Plymouth, 18th century English plows, hand processing of wool, printing in colonial America, old museum village of Smith's Clove, silversmithing in colonial America, Columbus Ohio, hand tools for making fish hooks, Corning Glass Center (New York), the Indian broom, Old Salem Massachusetts. Scarce, highly informative, essential to archival and museum co... View more info
By: N/A
Price: $50.00
Publisher: Washington, D.C., Robert Armstrong, Printer: 1853
Edition: First Edition
Inscription: Signed Associational
Seller ID: 011548
Condition: Very Good
Dark green pebbled cloth, ruled in blind, lettered in gilt on front panel. Cloth is a bit soiled and spotted but generally well preserved. 160 pp., partially uncut at rear. Scattered internal foxing, generally light but ranging to moderate on endpapers and several early/late leaves. Firm binding. Small area of loss to upper fore-edge of front flyleaf. Vintage gift inscription, dated 10 November 1853, on front pastedown from the Hon. C. F. Cleveland [Chauncey Fitch Cleveland, 1799-1887], Governor of Connecticut (1842-44) and later (at the time of this signature) member of U.S. House of Represen... View more info
By: N/A
Price: $13.50
Publisher: Knights Templar Magazine, Grand Encampment of Knights Templar: 1974
Seller ID: 016419
Condition: Near Fine
Complete in two volumes, both showing very slight shelf wear, virtually as issued. (I) 16th ptg.: May 1987; (II) 1st ptg.: May 1985. [vii],245 + ix,319 pp., illus. View more info
By: N/A
Price: $20.00
Publisher: Washington, D.C., National Archives and Records Service, General Services Administration: 1971
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 017627
Condition: Fine
Gray paper wraps. Booklet. 67 pp. Records from "Records of the Continental and Confederation Congresses and the Constitutional Convention Record Group 360" in the National Archives. 15-pp. introduction and overview, followed by catalogue of 196 items, many with multiple parts; indexed. As issued. Accompanied by "Pamphlet Accompanying Microcopy No. 332: Miscellaneous Papers of the Continental Congress 1774-89" (1962). View more info
By: N/A
Price: $6.50
Publisher: Washington, D.C., United States Dept. of Labor/GPO: 1957
Edition: Revised Edition
Seller ID: 019003
Condition: Near Fine
Tan wraps. Booklet. 1957 revision. Slight wear, almost as issued. View more info
By: N/A
Price: $5.00
Publisher: Boston, MA, John Hancock Life Insurance Co.: 1922
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 019346
Condition: VG+
Illus. wraps. Light handling wear. [16] pp., illus. No. 71 in the Hancock series. View more info
By: N/A
Price: $15.00
Publisher: New York, Parke-Bernet Galleries: 1970
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 024828
Condition: Near Fine
Tan wraps, lettered in brown and black. Booklet, stapled binding. Slight shelf wear, mild rusting at staples, virtually as issued. [16] pp., folding plate. Sale No. 2972A, for 20 Jan. 1970 auction. Each page of this copy was annotated during the proceedings of the Federal Convention by Pierce Butler, delegate from South Carolina, and passed down through the family; provenance was through the children of the author Owen Wister, direct descendants of Butler. View more info
By: N/A
Price: $25.00
Publisher: Washington, D.C., Peter Force for the Congress of the United States: 1827
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 027855
Condition: Very Good
Light blue stiff wraps, lettered in black, deckled (untrimmed) text block edges. Both covers trimmed, remounted onto original flyleaves. Modestly soiled covers, chipped edges as expected. Text block unopened, with light soiling/foxing found mostly in wide margins. 77 pp., featuring transcriptions of treaties with various Native American tribes ("Indian Treaties") on pp. 32-53. Very scarce. View more info
By: N/A
Price: $7.50
Publisher: Worcester, MA, American Antiquarian Society: 1969
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 032341
Condition: Near Fine
Tan stiff wraps, lettered in red. Slightly soiled along top edge of front cover, otherwise essentially as issued, now in protective clear PVC wrap. 138 pp., illus. in b&w, color. View more info
By: N/A
Price: $20.00
Publisher: Cincinnati, OH, Robert Clarke and Co.: 1878
Edition: First Thus
Seller ID: 032350
Condition: Good
Original brown 1/4 leather, marbled paper covered boards, spine panel lettered in gilt. Rubbed edges with surface loss to leather, leather rubbed and somewhat tattered along joints and spine panel. [iv],262,64 pp. Firm binding, interior a bit toned by age but otherwise intact. Vintage bookseller's catalog. View more info
By: N/A
Price: $10.00
Publisher: Philadelphia, PA, Library Company of Philadelphia: 1937
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 032356
Condition: Near Fine
Booklet, tan wraps. Light shelf wear, covers slightly toned. 28 pp., 131 catalogued entries. View more info
By: N/A
Price: $5.00
Publisher: Richmond, VA, The United States Historical Society:
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 034473
Condition: VG+
Tri-fold, 8.5" x 11", promotional/order form for "authentic hand-made exact replicas of the famous and controversial Hamilton-Burr dueling pistols." Illus. in color, accompanied by cover letter. Mild handling wear. View more info
By: N/A
Price: $40.00
Publisher: Norroena Society: 1906
Edition: 1st Edition
Seller ID: 036189
Condition: VG+
Original green cloth, lettered and illus. in silver foil and brown, untrimmed text block edges. Cloth is flecked over portions of front cover and a bit rubbed at corners/extrems, with a few light surface scratches to back cover. Firm binding, intact hinges, clean interior. 176 pp., illus. w/ full page reproductions of the Flatey Book, an Icelandic manuscript. Nicely preserved copy. View more info
By: N/A
Price: $35.00
Publisher: Norroena Society: 1906
Edition: 1st Edition
Seller ID: 036190
Condition: Very Good
Original green cloth, lettered and illus. in silver foil and brown, untrimmed text block edges. Dampstaining to bottom front corner has resulted in some spotting to cloth and design, light dampstaining evident along bottom rear edge. A bit rubbed at corners/extrems. Firm binding, intact hinges, clean interior. 176 pp., illus. w/ full page reproductions of the Flatey Book, an Icelandic manuscript. Reasonably preserved copy. View more info
By: N/A
Price: $10.00
Publisher: New York, Bankers Trust Co.: 1939
Edition: 1st Edition
Seller ID: 036985
Condition: Very Good
Color printed cloth. Modest shelf wear with light rubbing to cover cloth, with two years of minor loss/exposure along top front joint and top front edge, with associated soil mark. Former owner's address stamp on front flyleaf, otherwise unmarked. 81,[31] pp., illus. in b&w, with color plates, captioned illus. at rear printed on rectos only. Firm binding, clean interior. View more info
By: N/A
Price: $50.00
Publisher: New York, The Reuben H. Donnelley Corp.: 1930
Edition: First Thus
Seller ID: 037679
Condition: Very Good
Red cloth, lettered/illus. in black. Modest shelf wear with some soiling to cloth on both covers and spine, rubbed with minor exposure at corners. Firm binding, clean interior though somewhat toned. Intact hinges. 412 pp., many ads. Usually found heavily used, this copy quite respectably preserved. Coverage includes CT, NY, NJ, most of PA, MD, DE, VA, NC, SC, GA and FL. View more info
By: N/A
Price: $25.00
Publisher: New York, Carlton House: 1938
Edition: First Thus
Seller ID: 038994
Condition: Near Fine
Two-tone blue cloth, gilt on red titles. Minor shelf wear, text block edges a bit dulled by age. Former owner's book plate mounted on lower front pastedown. [v],298 pp. Selections from Common Sense, American Crisis, Rights of Man, Dissertation on First Principles of Government, Age of Reason, and Letter to George Washington. Very scarce gold dust jacket is rubbed along edges, with minor chipping to spine extremities, and creasing to lower spine panel, now in mylar. Undated title/copyright pages, but dust jacket shows "D. P.-10-38" on lower front flap, likely indicating year of is... View more info
By: N/A
Price: $75.00
Publisher: Philadelphia, PA, Leary and Getz: 1855
Seller ID: 040457
Condition: VG-
Full brown leather, both covers with embossed decoration, spine panel lettered/illus. in gilt, marbled text block edges. [xxiv],viii,9-516,[48] pp., illus. w/ 24 pp. hand-colored plates (all but one with two images per page, thus 47 total illus.), 48 pp. ads at rear. Leather rubbed along joints and showing exposure at corners, chipped with loss on lower spine panel and a few small chips along rear joint. Firm binding, generally clean interior with light, scattered foxing. Hand-colored engravings are nicely rendered, retaining vibrant reds, greens, and blues. Exterior Good with wear, inter... View more info
By: N/A
Price: $20.00
Publisher: New York, Christie's: 2012
Edition: 1st Edition
Seller ID: 042126
ISBN: B00UGHM5JQ
Condition: Fine
Stiff color pictorial wraps. As issued. 54 pp. View more info
By: N/A
Price: $20.00
Publisher: Privately Issued: 1903
Edition: 1st Edition
Seller ID: 042880
Condition: Near Fine
Green cloth, lettered in gilt, bordered in black, deckled text block edges with top edge in gilt. Minor rubbing to covers and spine extremities. Ex-historical society library copy with book plate mounted on front fixed endpaper, "compliments" stamp on front flyleaf and at top corner of p. 7. 60 pp., frontis. portrait. A few very minor soil marks internally, creased frontis. tissue guard. View more info
