Armonk, NY: Sharpe Reference, 2011. First Edition. 2 volume set. 601pp. Quartos [28.5 cm] Illustrated boards. Both volumes fine. That America's westward expansion was a defining movement in the nation's long history is hardly open to dispute. Along with such important events as the Revolutionary War and independence, the creation..... More
[New York]: [1971]. Black and white photograph [20 cm x 25 cm] [8" x 10"] with minor wear. Typed paper label attached to the reverse. "Fireman breaks windows in supermarket as oranges and glass splatter on sidewalk. Smokey fire was in supermarket basement and smoke spread up." - from label..... More
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Havana, Cuba: Engle y Lund, 1899. Boudoir cabinet card. Silver gelatin photograph [11.5 cm x 16.5 cm] / [4.5 " x 6.5"] on a tan 'Engle .y. Lund' mount [16.5 cm x 21.5 cm] / [6.5" x 8.5"] Corners of mount rubbed with a moisture stain to right edge. Manuscript..... More
Concord, NH: Republican Press Association, 1897. First Edition. 180pp. Duodecimo [18.5 cm] Red cloth with the title gilt on the front board and backstrip. Top edge gilt. Very good. Gentle sunning to backstrip. Name in ink on the front pastedown. Memoir of a soldier in the west. Hamilton was part..... More
Chicago: The Lakeside Press, R.R. Donnelley & Sons Co., 1966. Lakeside Classics number 64. 395pp. Duodecimo [17.5 cm] Blue cloth with the title gilt stamped on the spine. Glassine jacket present. Near fine. Laura Judd was the wife of Gerrit P. Judd, a missionary doctor to the Hawaiian Islands. Dr..... More
Cincinnati, OH: Chief of Police, 1912. Missing poster [30.5 cm x 20.5 cm] Good only. Two Horizontal folds with overall age toning. Upper corners chipped. Glue residue at the head of the reverse. "Robert and Urban Nichols who were last seen in this city 9 A.M. April 29, 1912. The..... More
American Views, (c.1910). Stereoview. Silver gelatin photograph [7.5 cm x 13 cm] on a yellow 'American Views - Standard Series' mount [9 cm x 18 cm]. Strong contrasts. Upper left corner of mount show minor damage, otherwise in very good condition. Nice image of a line of nosed-in steamboats in..... More
Honolulu: Paradise of the Pacific, 1908. [64]pp. Oblong octavo [16 cm x 24 cm] Green string-bound wrappers that are printed in gold ink. Near fine. Leaves printed on rectos only. Exceptionally nice copy of this Honolulu view book. Work opens with a three-page introduction which is followed by 29 black..... More
Chicago: The Geographical Publishing Co, 1930. Pictorial map [86 cm x 69 cm] / [34" x 27"] on a single sheet that has been tissue backed. Minor wear. Charming map that shows principal industries for North America that are located with symbols. Legend lists: Agriculture, Education, Manufacturing, Brick Making, Lumbering..... More
Ludington, MI: Stearns Hotel Company, 1937. [26]pp. Duodecimo [19 cm] Illustrated wrappers. Near fine. Story of Ossawald Crumb, the axe-toting, word-wielding, lumberjack created in 1932 by Robert L. Stearns, son of famed lumber baron Justus Stearns. Ossawald was the first white man to establish a permanent home in the city..... More
Chicago: Vitalogy Association, 1914. 971pp. Octavo [25 cm] Full pebbled leather with the title gilt stamped on the front board and backstrip. Better than very good. Complete with all plates and fold-out diagrams. Marbled pastedowns, endsheets, and fore edge. Nicer than usually seen copy of this home medicine and health..... More