Boston: Boston Chemical Printing Company. Undated, but ca. 1835. Handkerchief printed in black on white cotton. 10.25 x 11.25 inches. Text in three columns, decorative border, small illustration at the head of each column. A very good example, with some scattered foxing. Technological developments of the early nineteenth century made... Item #20039
New York: Charles Cowles Gallery, 1996. Softcover. Near fine. Exhibition catalogue. 10 x 10 inches, approximately 36 pp, with 15 color illustrations. Very light shelf wear; contents clean and sound. Item #1485
American Society of Naval Engineers, [1899]. Softcover. Very Good. Offprint. Reprinted from Journal of the American Society of Naval Engineers, Volume XI, No. 2. pp. 285-303 + 5 illustrations from photographs, in original wrappers. Handling wear, vertical folding crease; text clean. Report on testing done by the U.S. Navy on... Item #2875
Riga: Latvijas vestures instituta apgads, 2001. Soft cover. Near Fine. 743 pp, in original printed wrappers. Light soiling to front cover, else fine. Most text in Latvian, some in English. Papers on the Soviet Occupation of Latvia 1940-41 and 1944-mid 50s; Nazi German Occupation of Latvia 1941-45. Item #13584
New York: Holman Printer, 1868. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. 193 pp + 51 (appendix), iv (index). Original printed wrappers. Occasional light foxing, old dampstain to spine, but generally clean and sound. Includes a list of more than 600 representatives of the various lodges in attendence at the convention, lists... Item #2445
[1855]. Softcover. Very good. Folio, 7 pp, printed on blue paper in two unsewn (unbound) gatherings. Minor handling wear; near fine. The Rogue River Indians were not a single tribe, but a conglomeration of several groups living in the Rogue River Valley of southwestern Oregon. This treaty was concluded by... Item #20479
Stockholm: Latvian National Foundation, 1985. Softcover. Near fine. 93 pp, in original printed wrappers. Slight cover wear. Clean, tightly bound, unmarked. Includes essays in English, Latvian, French, German, and Russian. Item #14454
Boston: 1830. 104 pp. Original wrappers lacking, replaced long ago with plain paper wrappers with title written by hand as "Trial of Knapp's for Murder of White." Loss of about 10 words to first page, otherwise complete, with light soiling to margins, edgewear, dog-earned pages. Fair to good overall. This... Item #19815
Baltimore: The Baltimore Gazette, [1872]. First Edition. 172 pp, in a later buckram binding with original front wrapper (heavily chipped at edges) bound in. Rear wrapper lacking, but otherwise complete, clean, and sound; good. Elizabeth Wharton was accused of poisoning her financial advisor, to whom she owed money. Her talented... Item #19779
New York: Members of the Twelfth U.S. Infantry, 1919. First Edition. Hardcover. Good+. xvi, 425 pp + illustrations. Moderate general wear to boards; occasional foxing else clean and sound, but with a mild ripple to the pages. No dust jacket. The Foreword describes the Twelfth Regiment as "a regular regiment..... Item #1451
Victoria: National Gallery of Victoria, 1967. Softcover. Very Good. Exhibition catalogue. 8.5 x 11 inches, approximately 100 pp, with illustrations (9 in color). Very light spotting and shelf wear; contents clean and sound. Includes work by Helen Frankenthaler, Jasper Johns, Franz Kline, Roy Lichtenstein, Jackson Pollock, Ad Reinhardt, Mark Rothko, Frank... Item #1483
Washington, DC: U.S. News and World Report, 1968. Softcover. Very good. 104 pp. Light cover wear, original address label on front cover. A very good copy of an interesting issue from a turbulent time in American history, with the headlining article titled "A Landslide of Protest. One-Sided Election?" Other topics... Item #19977
Holliston [MA]: Parker & Plimpton, 1851. First Edition. Softcover. Good. Title continues "Also, Statistics ofthe Town Returns in 1850, as Required by the Act to Ascertain the Ratable Estates within this Commonwealth. Also, Statistics of the United States Census, as Taken and Returned by the Marshall, for June 1850." 51... Item #19531
Roper Organization, [1974]. First Edition. Softcover. Very good. 123 pp. Light cover wear, small abrasion where a sticker was removed. Contents clean, binding sound. Reports results of the third of eight polls conducted between 1970 and 2000 that surveyed American women and men about women's roles in society. This one... Item #14519
Hawaii Volcano Observatory, Hawaii National Park: Hawaii Volcano Research Association, 1931. 8.5 x 11 inches, 4 pp, with 5 photographic illustrations. Good. Light soiling, old folding creases, general handling wear. The Volcano Bulletin was published weekly by the Hawaii Volcano Research Association on behalf of the Volcanology section of the... Item #20174
Paragould, AR: [1912]. Broadside, 5.5 x 11 inches. Stamp indicating receipt by the San Francisco Police Detective Bureau on June 24, 1912, as well as another blurred partial stamp, otherwise unmarked; very good. This wanted circular, issued by the Deputy Sheriff of Paragould, Arkansas, offers an uncommonly nuanced description of... Item #19822
Washington DC: Government Printing Office, 1908. Hardcover. Good. 459 pp + 1 (folding chart) + 21 (b/w illustrations from photographs) + 2 (folding tables), with index, in library binding, red pebbled cloth. Ex-library with bookplate from Dayton Museum of Natural History, light general soiling and shelf wear to boards, one... Item #1655
Washington DC: Government Printing Office, 1908. Hardcover. Good. 286 pp + 4 (folding detailed financial statements) + 1 (folding map), with index, in library binding, red pebbled cloth. Ex-library with bookplate from Dayton Museum of Natural History, front hinge cracked. This volume covers issues pertaining to Armament, Transporation, and Supply... Item #1652
Washington DC: Government Printing Office, 1908. Hardcover. Good. 342 pp, with index, in library binding, red pebbled cloth. Ex-library with bookplate from Dayton Museum of Natural History, light general shelf wear to boards; else clean and sound. No dust jacket.Reports included: Departments of the East, the Gulf, the Lakes, the... Item #1653
Washington DC: Government Printing Office, 1908. Hardcover. Good. 189 pp, with index, in library binding, red pebbled cloth. Bookplate from Dayton Museum of Natural History, otherwise very good. Reports include: Military Academy (Superintendent), Military Schools (Army Service: Commandant, Assistant Commandant, Secretary, Librarian, Of the Line, Staff College, Signal), Mounted Service... Item #1654
London: T. Nelson and Sons, 1875. Hardcover. Good. 314 pp, with many illustrations from engravings. Publisher's cloth with mounted color illustration and decoration in gilt. Old insect damage to visible on boards and paper over front hinge, gift inscription on front free endpaper; binding sound and text clean. A nicely... Item #2434
Washington DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1892. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. 52nd Congress, 1st Session. House of Representatives. Report No. 1956. 8vo, pp xiv, 296, 8, with one folding map showing the route of a proposed new road and two proposed new hotels in the Park. Recent binding of... Item #20181
London: Tinsley Brothers, 1863. Hardcover. Very good. Two volumes in the rarest binding state (without Burton’s name or FRGS on the spines), but with a “second edition” slug on the title pages. This state was apparently unknown to Penzer and was probably the result of an attempt to boost sales..... Item #13920
Boston: Warren Press, 1903. Hardcover. Very Good. Early reprint (first published 1898). 198 pp, with 4 b/w plates. Burgundy cloth with gilt lettering on front and spine. Spine faded from sun, but fully legible, light shelfwear to boards. Binding tight and square, contents unmarked. Interesting account of an 1894 assault... Item #11987
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, 1899. Hardcover. Good. 316 pp, indexed, illustrated with b/w photos by the author. Red cloth boards with gilt floral design; binding signed by Edward Stratton Holloway. Boards have old insect damage (abrasion/loss of cloth in several spots), front hinge a bit wobbly. Binding sound, contents clean. Abbott..... Item #13598
