Concord, New Hampshire. 1887. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Wear to sturdy red-brown boards, occasional foxing. Embossed stamp on preliminary pages from "Dr. Irving A. Watson, Concord N.H.", presumably the Dr. Irving Allison Watson whose career is detailed on p.178. Label of "Crawford and Stockbridge, Binders, Concord, N.H.". 328pp.
Washington: Government Printing Office, 1896. Soft cover. Identified as "War Department. Document No. 8, Office of the Adjutant General" on the verso of the title page. A slim volume, with slightly worn sturdy green covers. 14 numbered pages followed by three folding pages: "Table III: ORdinates of Trajectory above Line.....
Augusta: Kennebec Journal Print, 1898. Soft cover. "Augusta, April 20, 1898. A board of officers convened by Special Orders No. 1, c. s., from this office...having recommended for adoption a system of Regulations for the National Guard of Maine which has been approved by the Commander-in-Chief, it is hereby published.....
Boston: Privately Printed for Thomas Todd, 1924. Hardcover. An attractive, privately printed edition for the fiftieth anniversary, with a foreword by Allen French followed by a transcript of the letter. Slight wear to blue paper covered boards, with loss of paper to head of spine and lower corner. Bright blue.....
New York: Dick & Fitzgerald, 1880. Hardcover. John Blackbridge, identified as 'Actuary and Counsellor at Law' provides a guide to 'The American National Game', combining a scholarly approach with the zeal of the committed player. Jessel 122. Brown covers with gilt title, author and playing cards, beveled edges worn. Wear.....
Scholastic Press, 1999. Hardcover. SIGNED copy of 'Through My Eyes', Ruby Bridges' account of her year of first grade, escorted by federal marshals to a classroom where she was the only student, supplemented with additional interviews and extracts from contemporary accounts. Laid in inscription dated 5/19/01. Clipped jacket with two.....
Arno Press, 1972. Hardcover. Facsimile edition of the 1772 sixth edition of Burke's "Account", reproducing a copy held in the Columbia University Library. Sturdy teal covers with slightest bumping to corners. Two folding maps as frontispieces two the two volumes, pages clean and unmarked. 8.75 x 6"
Cincinnati: C.F. Vent, 1875. Hardcover. Ex-library, with stamps of the Salesian Fathers of San Francisco on the endpapers and titlepage and remains of sticker on spine. Worn brown cloth boards, with fraying at head, tail and corners. Toning to pages, occasional faint tide mark in margin. viii, 9-360; 247, [1]pp.....
Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 2000. Hardcover. The book details the unconventional lives of three women in the early 20th century, who ran a house called the Red Rose Inn on Mainline Philadelphia. Within this environment they collaborated and exchanged ideas as illustrators, writers, cooks, gardeners and women's rights activists. Dust.....
London: Printed by the Author and sold by J. Bowen, 1780. 1st Edition. Hardcover. A history of America written by a British Loyalist at the height of the Revolution, drawing upon extensive archival research, and so invaluable to early American historians with very different political views. Although Chalmers intended a......
Howell-North Books, 1974. Hardcover. A reproduction of Thompson and West's "History of Sutter County", published in Oakland in 1879. Bright yellow jacket, with 1" tear at the head of the spine (see photo). Black and gilt boards,, bright yellow endpapers. Previous owner's name on both front endpapers, very occasional neat.....
San Marino, California: The Huntington Library, 1955. Hardcover. 9.6"x6.25". A beautifully printed scholarly work published by the Huntington Library, edited and annotated by Robert Glass Cleland and Juanita Brooks. From the unclipped dust jacket: 'These two volumes contain five hitherto unpublished diaries of John D. Lee, "one of the most.....
Boston: Committee on Clean Streets, 1906. Hardcover. A small pamphlet for the citizens of Boston, giving "in untechnical words such laws, statutes, ordinances and regulations as the average citizen should know and be alert in seeing enforced", with an emphasis on health and sanitation, including the sale of food, keeping.....
Virginia, Nev. F. Boegle, 1889. Soft cover. An early tourist's guide to Nevada, with a focus on the Comstock Mines but expanding to cover the rest of the state. From the introduction: "The central idea in the preparation of this little book has been to give, as concisely as possible.....
Stanford, California: Stanford University Press, 1947. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Publisher's review copy of Captain Miles P. DuVal's second work on the Panama Canal. As the unclipped jacket promises, "Intense drama, historical soundness, appreciative firsthand observation, and study characterize the Panama Canal histories of Captain DuVal begun while the author was.....
Yale University Press, 2010. Hardcover. This book covers the extent and inhumanity of one of the largest forced migrations in history. The dust jacket is price clipped and there is very minor shelf-wear to the edges. Otherwise pages are clean and unmarked.
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1945. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Unclipped jacket ($2.50) with losses to upper edge, now in mylar. Bright blue cloth boards, with faint line of fading along upper edge. Constitutional endpapers, faint toning to pages throughout. Presumed first printing, with no indication of later printings. Early owner's.....
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Fletcher Family Foundation, 1999. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Three volumes in two: : A New Route to the California Gold Fields; Another New Route to the California Gold Fields; and Emigrants, Goldseekers, Cattle Drives and Outlaws. Both volumes signed (on different occasions) by the Fletchers. The illustrated red cloth boards are.....
No. 72, St. Paul's Church-Yard: J. Johnson, 1779. 1st Edition. Hardcover. ESTC T56601. Sabin 25565. Octavo, "A reimpression of the quarto edition of the same year in an octavo format". 4 plates, including the frontispiece portrait and folding engraving of electrical experiments. xi, [1], 567, [7]pp. NB: lacking the folding.....
San Francisco: Bancroft Company, 1888. 1st Edition. Hardcover. The first edition of 1888. A memoir of early California, beginning with young Harlan's journey to California with his family, taking the Hastings Cutoff shortly before the Donner Party. Recorded long after the events described, Harlan's account is vivid but sometimes jumbled.....
Light Squared Media, 2015. 1st Edition. Hardcover. This is a photographic journey from the time Ken Light turned 18, through President Nixon's resignation, capturing a portrait of American during this time. Ken Light's signature can be found on the title page (see photos). Book is almost like new with clean.....
Quarter-Circle T V [Frank King's Arizona Brand], 1946. Russell, Charles M. 1st Edition. Hardcover. With a long inscription from the author on the copyright page, to "My friend S.D. Platford of the Los Angeles County Flood Control, who has dome good work in helping the U.S. Indians...". This is likely.....
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Albuquerque: The Quivira Society, 1939. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Limited edition, no. 200 of 550. Slight darkening of the spine, faint scuffs to rear board. Pages clean and unmarked, including large folding map to rear. Apparently unread, with unopened pages. Laid in letter dated Dec 12, 1939, from the Quivira Society.....
Boston: Rogers and Fowle in Queen-Street, 1748. Hardcover. ESTC W12742, Sabin 44124 ("A good specimen of American Printing"). Two volumes bound together. [viii], [1]-267, [v]; [i]-xi, [i],[1]-292, [iv]. Includes half title page (with brief biography of the author on the verso) and title page for the second volume, as well.....
Los Angeles, CA: Grafton Publishing Company, 1911. Leather Bound. History of California from the early 20th century includes description of its physical beauty, its legends and traditions, the story of the missions, the history of the Spanish and Mexican eras, the Gold Rush, the Bear Flag Republic, and California's admission.....