London: Bibliographical Society, 1932. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. Bibliographical Society Illustrated Monographs No. XXI. Quarto, xlvii, 234 pp + plates showing more than 300 facsimiles. Ex-Francis Bacon Foundation library, with their stamp on the front pastedown, sticker shadow on spine; otherwise unmarked, clean and sound. Item #21848
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
[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]: Geo. Borgfeldt & Co., 1905. Hardcover. Very good. [84] pp, extensively illustrated with portraits and views of the company's various branches and departments. Bound in half-cloth and dark-green paper-covered boards with lovely art nouveau design stamped in black, endpapers patterened with the company logo, attractive design features throughout..... Item #21408
Evanston, IL: 1914. First Edition. Softcover. Good. Volume 1, No. 1 (January 31, 1914) and Volume 1, No. 14 (May 2, 1914) of "The North Shore Review," a little-known weekly newspaper published in Evanston, Illinois that billed itself as the first paper with an all-female staff. Ironically enough, it was..... Item #22006
Softcover. Very good. Two publications: "The Chief Needs of Adult Blind Persons and the Chief Aims of the Michigan Employment Institution for the Blind (7 pp); and "A Free Lending Library for the Sightless, Circular of General Information (4 pp). Both published by the Institution in 1904, both with old..... Item #21820
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
[Philadelphia]: Ives pr. & stationer, 1862. Folding trade card, 2.5 x 3.75 inches, with views of the Union Volunteer Refreshment Saloon and the attached hospital on the front and back and text inside. Light soiling; very good. The Union Volunteer Refreshment Saloon was "staffed by volunteers and provided relief for..... Item #21231
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
Woodstock, VT: State Board of Agriculture, [1905]. Softcover. Very good. 8 x 11 inches, oblong, in original pictorial wrappers. 99 pp, with dozens of illustrations from photographs. Light soiling and chipping to wraps, foxing to first two leaves, else very good. An attractive promotional that works hard to demonstrate that..... Item #21460
New York: Nomad Publishing, 1925. First Edition. Softcover. Very good. 5 x 7 pp, 53 pp, with a map and two tipped-in half tone photographs--one a portrait of Stefansson and one showing him with Robert E. Peary and Adolphus Greely. Wrappers lightly toned, some chipping and short tears to the..... Item #21525
Nice: L'Eclaireur de Nice, 1926. Softcover. Very good. 8 x 5.25 inches, [20] pp, in illustrated stapled wrappers. Light dust soiling and general wear from handling; very good. Scarce program for the 1927 Nice Carnival and related festivities, with text in French and English. Six pages list parades, fetes, balls..... Item #21716
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
N.D. Votes for Women League. First Edition. Near fine. Undated, likely either 1914 or 1917. Small broadside or window sign, approximately 5.75" x 8.75" printed in black on tan stock slightly thicker than newsprint. Minor corner wear; near fine. The North Dakota Votes for Women League was organized in 1911..... Item #21995
Kansas City, MO: Curtis Folding Grand Stand Co. Softcover. Very good. Undated, 1920s. 3.75 x 9 inches, oblong, stapled self-wrappers, with half-tone photographic illustrations and line drawings. Near fine. Although little known to the general public, William Hanford Curtis (1873-1955) was a legendary figure in the circus world, credited with..... Item #21805
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
Tacoma: F.T. Houghton, 1891. First Edition. Softcover. Good. 14 pp + [1] (membership application). Original printed wrappers are chipped and detached; text is clean. Explains the need for a state historical society, as "Washington was thirty-six years a territory and now nearly two years a State; having thus reached a...... Item #20634
Oregon City, OR: Grant B. Dimick, 1913. Softcover. Very good. 9" x 12", pp. 171-194, stapled binding. Light soiling, old dampstain to back cover, but still very good. Single issue of this scarce magazine, which billed itself as the "only journal on the Pacific Coast published in the interests of..... Item #21854
Boston: Massachusetts Society for Mental Hygiene, 1916. Softcover. Very good. Publication No. 9 of the Massachusetts Society for Mental Hygiene, Reprinted from the Boston Medical and Surgical Journal, 1916. 8 pp, stapled. Short tears at left margin, but still very good. Argues that "the attitude of suspicion, fear, and avoidance..... Item #21873
San Francisco and New York: Revolutionary Women of the Bay Area, Spartacist Publishing Company. Softcover. Very good. Issue numbers 4-20, all original but number 5, which is a photocopy. 8.5 x 11 inches, printed in black on newsprint; one issue 32 pp, the rest 24 pp, illustrated. Minor toning to..... Item #20670
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
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
