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NATURAL AND STATISTICAL VIEW, OR PICTURE OF CINCINNATI AND THE MIAMI COUNTRY, ILLUSTRATED BY MAPS. WITH AN APPENDIX, CONTAINING OBSERVATIONS ON THE LATE EARTHQUAKES, THE AURORA BOREALIS, AND SOUTH-WEST WIND. Daniel Drake.

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NATURAL AND STATISTICAL VIEW, OR PICTURE OF CINCINNATI AND THE MIAMI COUNTRY, ILLUSTRATED BY MAPS. WITH AN APPENDIX, CONTAINING OBSERVATIONS ON THE LATE EARTHQUAKES, THE AURORA BOREALIS, AND SOUTH-WEST WIND

Cincinnati: Printed by Looker and Wallace, 1815. First edition. 12mo. 251,[4]pp. plus two folding maps.In original printed boards and spine. Some chipping to joints but a well preserved copy, rarely found in its original binding. The maps are a plan of Cincinnati and a map of Miami county. Housed in... More

Price: $2,500.00

UNION FORCES IN THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER CAMPAIGN & PUSHED BACK FROM THE SOUTHWEST, AS DEPICTED IN FOUR MANUSCRIPT MAPS AND A PLAN, ALL BUT ONE SIGNED BY J.M. ELLIS & J.S. KNOWLTON OF THE 2nd MASS. BATTERY OF LIGHT CAVALRY (THE NIMS BATTERY).

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UNION FORCES IN THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER CAMPAIGN & PUSHED BACK FROM THE SOUTHWEST, AS DEPICTED IN FOUR MANUSCRIPT MAPS AND A PLAN, ALL BUT ONE SIGNED BY J.M. ELLIS & J.S. KNOWLTON OF THE 2nd MASS. BATTERY OF LIGHT CAVALRY (THE NIMS BATTERY).

[Port Hudson & Grand Coteau: 1863]. Four maps and a plan recording details of actions securing control of the Mississippi River, but then ending Banks's campaign for southwestern Louisiana and Texas: The Port Hudson Siege, May - July 1863; a plan of the fort at Baton Rouge; and the Battle... More

Price: $7,500.00

THREE MYSTIC MANUFACTURING COMPANY BUSINESS LEDGERS, A TEXTILE MILL IN MYSTIC, CONNECTICUT, INCLUDING ACCOUNTS OF GOODS CONSIGNED TO VARIOUS MERCHANTS, LISTS OF GOODS ON HAND, INVENTORY AND EXPENSE ACCOUNTS, AND RECORDS OF EMPLOYEES, BOTH MEN AND WOMEN, WHO WERE PAID FOR THEIR LABOR. Amos B. Taylor.

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Taylor, Amos B.]

THREE MYSTIC MANUFACTURING COMPANY BUSINESS LEDGERS, A TEXTILE MILL IN MYSTIC, CONNECTICUT, INCLUDING ACCOUNTS OF GOODS CONSIGNED TO VARIOUS MERCHANTS, LISTS OF GOODS ON HAND, INVENTORY AND EXPENSE ACCOUNTS, AND RECORDS OF EMPLOYEES, BOTH MEN AND WOMEN, WHO WERE PAID FOR THEIR LABOR.

1852-1875. Three folio ledgers, one bound in 3/4 leather and pebbled cloth, the other two in full leather, with ms. entries on blue paper ruled in red and blue. Gilt stamped title on each spine: 1) "Shipping Invoice A" 2) "Ledger C" 3) "Journal D." Additionally stamped, with the company... More

Price: $500.00

ROBINSON BODY WORKS, CUSTOM BUILT TRUCK BODIES, WINDSOR, VIRGINIA. A GROUP OF PHOTOS DISPLAYING THE COMPANY'S WIDE VARIETY OF TRUCK BODIES AND REFRIGERATED VAN BODIES. M. H. Robinson.

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Robinson, M.H.

ROBINSON BODY WORKS, CUSTOM BUILT TRUCK BODIES, WINDSOR, VIRGINIA. A GROUP OF PHOTOS DISPLAYING THE COMPANY'S WIDE VARIETY OF TRUCK BODIES AND REFRIGERATED VAN BODIES.

Windsor, VA: [the company], nd [1950s-1960s]. Approx. 185 black & white photos, most 8 x 10 in., with a few slightly smaller, of the truck bodies, interior and exterior, manufactured by the Robinson Body Works. Most of the photos are in plastic display sleeves, in worn ring binders (most with... More

Price: $1,000.00

AN ARCHIVE OF MATERIAL USED IN "OPERATION CORNFLAKES," A DISINFORMATION CAMPAIGN DISSEMINATING PROPAGANDA IN NAZI GERMANY. AN EXTENSIVE COLLECTION OF DOCUMENTARY EXAMPLES OF THE OSS CAMPAIGN FOR SUBVERSIVE DECEPTION BEHIND ENEMY LINES. Gerald M. Mayer, c.;.

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Mayer, Gerald M. (c.1906-1980)]

AN ARCHIVE OF MATERIAL USED IN "OPERATION CORNFLAKES," A DISINFORMATION CAMPAIGN DISSEMINATING PROPAGANDA IN NAZI GERMANY. AN EXTENSIVE COLLECTION OF DOCUMENTARY EXAMPLES OF THE OSS CAMPAIGN FOR SUBVERSIVE DECEPTION BEHIND ENEMY LINES.

[1942-1945]. An OSS/OWI archive belonging to Gerald Mayer, head of the Office of War Information in Bern, Switzerland in the 1940s, and an operative for the Office of Strategic Services under Allen Dulles. Over 350 specimen copies of printed propaganda leaflets, political cartoons and graphics, newspapers, postal stamps, etc., distributed... More

Price: $35,000.00

There are now but Two Parties in this Country, / THE FRIENDS AND THE ENEMIES OF THE GOVERNMENT. / EVERY MAN who does not STAND UP for / all measures that may be adopted for the main- / tenance of the HONOR OF THE COUNTRY, at whatever / cost of BLOOD or MONEY that may be NECESSARY, is / A TRAITOR AT HEART!

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There are now but Two Parties in this Country, / THE FRIENDS AND THE ENEMIES OF THE GOVERNMENT. / EVERY MAN who does not STAND UP for / all measures that may be adopted for the main- / tenance of the HONOR OF THE COUNTRY, at whatever / cost of BLOOD or MONEY that may be NECESSARY, is / A TRAITOR AT HEART!

Cincinnati, [OH]: Gibson House, Walnut St., (between 4th and 5th Sts.). Wrightson & Co., Printers, 167 Walnut St. [1861]. Broadside, 11 x 12 1/2 in., printed in three colors, backed with linen. Three vignettes across the top above the text illustrate a US flag with cannon, an eagle with wings... More

Price: $7,500.00

OIL EXPLORATION IN VENEZUELA AND COLOMBIA, A PHOTO ALBUM OF A TRIP TO SOUTH AMERICA BY D.V. CARTER, CHIEF PRODUCTION ENGINEER OF MAGNOLIA PETROLEUM COMPANY, DALLAS, TEXAS IN THE FALL OF 1940. D. V. Carter.

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Carter, D.V.

OIL EXPLORATION IN VENEZUELA AND COLOMBIA, A PHOTO ALBUM OF A TRIP TO SOUTH AMERICA BY D.V. CARTER, CHIEF PRODUCTION ENGINEER OF MAGNOLIA PETROLEUM COMPANY, DALLAS, TEXAS IN THE FALL OF 1940.

Photo album, 13 x 11 1/2 in., bound in light brown buckram, with vertical stripes on the covers. Carter's detailed record of his trip to the Colombian and Venezuelan oil fields, including photos, postcards, letters, receipts, an itinerary of the number of miles traveled, and a map of his route... More

Price: $12,500.00

OBSERVATIONS ON DOCTOR PRIESTLEY'S DOCTRINES OF PHILOSOPHICAL NECESSITY AND MATERIALISM. James Purves.

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Purves, James

OBSERVATIONS ON DOCTOR PRIESTLEY'S DOCTRINES OF PHILOSOPHICAL NECESSITY AND MATERIALISM

Philadelphia: Printed by William Pritchard, 1797. 12mo. 244pp. Full flame calf. Gilt ruled spine was gilt stamped tan spine label (chipped). Joints rubbed, slight chip to tip of spine. Old tidelines particularly notable on page edges and endpapers, overall toning to text. SHIPTON AND MOONEY 32732; ESTC - W21312. More

Price: $150.00

HUMAN PRUDENCE OR THE ART BY WHICH A MAN AND A WOMAN MAY BE ADVANCED TO FORTUNE, TO PERMANENT HONOR, AND REAL GRANDEUR. Adapted to the genius of the citizens, and designed for the use of schools in the United States. Herman Mann.

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Mann, Herman

HUMAN PRUDENCE OR THE ART BY WHICH A MAN AND A WOMAN MAY BE ADVANCED TO FORTUNE, TO PERMANENT HONOR, AND REAL GRANDEUR. Adapted to the genius of the citizens, and designed for the use of schools in the United States.

Dedham, Massachusetts: Printed by H. Mann, and for sale at his bookstore.... 1806. 18cm. xii, - 230pp., (2) ads. Full brown tree calf, with gilt stamped red leather spine label and gilt rules. Some wear and foxing to text, four page subscriber's list mostly from Massachusetts. American Imprints 10779. More

Price: $125.00

THE POLITICAL AND MILITARY HISTORY OF THE CAMPAIGN OF WATERLOO.; Translated by Capt. S. V. Benet. General Baron de Jomini.

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Jomini, General Baron de

THE POLITICAL AND MILITARY HISTORY OF THE CAMPAIGN OF WATERLOO.; Translated by Capt. S. V. Benet

New York: D. Van Nostrand, 192 Broadway, 1862. Second edition. 8vo. Folding map, 227pp. Embossed brown pebbled cloth with gilt stamping on spine. Spine ends with wear, offsetting to map and title page from something once laid in. At West Point, Jomini's texts on military strategy were used to train... More

Price: $25.00

WELLS'S LAWYER AND BOOK-KEEPING: explaining the method of keeping accounts, and containing the new constitution of the State of New York, and forms for bills of exchange, bills of sale ... letters of credit ... wills ... articles of confederation, etc., a list of property exempt from execution: and important information for business men. John C. Wells.

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Wells, John C.

WELLS'S LAWYER AND BOOK-KEEPING: explaining the method of keeping accounts, and containing the new constitution of the State of New York, and forms for bills of exchange, bills of sale ... letters of credit ... wills ... articles of confederation, etc., a list of property exempt from execution: and important information for business men.

New York: John C. Wells, 97 Nassau Street, 1847. 8vo. 104, 38 pp. Printed pink boards backed with tan leather, gilt rules on spine. Two listings on OCLC: Columbia Univ. Law Sch.; Seattle Public Lib. More

Price: $85.00

Bohn's hand-book of Washington. With an appendix. Illustrated with twenty engravings of public buildings, &c.; [Prepared by Charles Lanman, Esq.]

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Bohn's hand-book of Washington. With an appendix. Illustrated with twenty engravings of public buildings, &c.; [Prepared by Charles Lanman, Esq.]

Washington [D.C.]: Published by Cassmir Bohn. Sold by all the booksellers. Murphy & Co. Printers, 178 Market Street, Baltimore, 1854. 24mo. 103 pp. Embossed pebbled green cloth stamped in gilt on spine and front cover. All edges gilt. Title page printed in two colors, a folding map of Washington, DC... More

Price: $650.00

THE JOURNALS OF THE LEWIS & CLARK EXPEDITION. Gary E. Moulton.

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Moulton, Gary E. (editor)

THE JOURNALS OF THE LEWIS & CLARK EXPEDITION

Lincoln and London: University of Nebraska Press, Various dates. Twelve volumes, lacks the thirteenth volume which is the index. Mixed editions. Vols. 1. Atlas of the Lewis & Clark Expedition; 2. August 30, 1803-August 24, 1804; 3. August 25, 1804-April 6, 1805; 4. April 7-July 27, 1805; 5. July 28-November... More

Price: $750.00

THE CHRISTIANS GUIDE, Being a Collection of Scripture Texts, on Almost Every Subject; Doctrinal, Practical and Experimental Without Note or Comment. Thomas Tresize.

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THE CHRISTIANS GUIDE, Being a Collection of Scripture Texts, on Almost Every Subject; Doctrinal, Practical and Experimental Without Note or Comment...

Zanesville, Ohio: np, 1819. 12mo. xi, [2], 14-216pp. Period brown leather with black spine label and gilt rules. Wear to spine ends, joints worn. Some staining lower corner first 12pp. Last 10 pages subscriber list from Ohio and Kentucky broken down by counties. Tresize appears to be a practicing Baptist... More

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The Confession of Faith, of the Christians Known by the Name of Mennonites, in Thirty-Three Articles; with a Short Extract from Their Catechism, Translated from the German, and Accompanied with Notes. To Which Is Added an Introduction. Also, Nine Reflections, from Different Passages of the Scriptures, Illustrative of Their Confession, Faith & Practice, by Peter Burkholder, Pastor of the Church of the Mennonites. . . .; Translated by Joseph Funk. Mennonites.

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[Mennonites]

The Confession of Faith, of the Christians Known by the Name of Mennonites, in Thirty-Three Articles; with a Short Extract from Their Catechism, Translated from the German, and Accompanied with Notes. To Which Is Added an Introduction. Also, Nine Reflections, from Different Passages of the Scriptures, Illustrative of Their Confession, Faith & Practice, by Peter Burkholder, Pastor of the Church of the Mennonites. . . .; Translated by Joseph Funk

Winchester, [VA]: Printed by Robinson & Hollis, 1837. 16mo. 461pp. Period full brown calf, with red title label and gilt on spine, slightly rubbed. Contemporary ownership signature on front endpaper. A nice, tight copy. American Imprints 45568; Haynes 12132. More

Price: $100.00

THE YANKEY IN LONDON. BEING THE FIRST PART OF A SERIES OF LETTERS WRITTEN BY AN AMERICAN YOUTH, DURING NINE MONTHS RESIDENCE IN THE CITY OF LONDON.; Vol.1 all published. Royall Tyler.

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Tyler, Royall]

THE YANKEY IN LONDON. BEING THE FIRST PART OF A SERIES OF LETTERS WRITTEN BY AN AMERICAN YOUTH, DURING NINE MONTHS RESIDENCE IN THE CITY OF LONDON.; Vol.1 all published.

New York: Printed and published by Isaac Riley, 1809. First edition. 12mo. ix, [3], blank, 180pp. Nineteenth century dark red quarter morocco, marbled paper boards, gilt rules, decorations and lettering. Early use of the term 'Yankey' for New Englander in fiction. Comprised of fourteen letters of an imaginary tourist. An... More

Price: $850.00

LETTERS OF ELIAS HICKS. Including also a few short essays, written on several occasions, mostly illustrative of his doctrinal views. Elias Hicks.

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Hicks, Elias

LETTERS OF ELIAS HICKS. Including also a few short essays, written on several occasions, mostly illustrative of his doctrinal views.

New York: Published by Isaac T. Hopper, 1834. 8vo. 234pp. with errata glued in back. Green cloth spine with label and green paper boards. Spines worn on ends. Early signature on flyleaf. Hicks was one of the early abolitionists. His essay "Observations on the Slavery of Africans and Their Descendants,"... More

Price: $85.00

GALLERY OF AMERICAN PORTRAITS. George Watterston.

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Watterston, George

GALLERY OF AMERICAN PORTRAITS

Washington, [DC]: Published by Pishey Thompson. A. Rothwell, Printer, 1830. 12mo. 123pp. Vignettes of statesmen Madison, Monroe, J.Q. Adams, William H. Crawford, John C. Calhoun, Henry Clay, William Wirt, William Pinckney, William Lowndes, Rufus King, Richard Rush, John Holmes, Peleg Sprague, Daniel Webster, Theodore Frelinghuysen, John M. Clayton, John Randolph... More

Price: $150.00

TO CLARENCE H. MACKAY

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TO CLARENCE H. MACKAY

[New York]? np, 1905. 25 cm. 32pp. "This is one of seventy-five fascimile copies of a book made for Mr. Clarence H. Mackay at the suggestion of the officers of the Postal Telegraph-Cable Company whose signatures herein appear, and presented to him in New York City on March Second, 1905........"... More

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HELP TO ZION'S TRAVELLERS: BEING AN ATTEMPT TO REMOVE VARIOUS STUMBLING BLOCKS OUT OF THE WAY, RELATING TO DOCTRINAL, EXPERIMENTAL, AND PRACTICAL RELIGION.; With the life of the author. Rev. Robert Hall.

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Hall, Rev. Robert

HELP TO ZION'S TRAVELLERS: BEING AN ATTEMPT TO REMOVE VARIOUS STUMBLING BLOCKS OUT OF THE WAY, RELATING TO DOCTRINAL, EXPERIMENTAL, AND PRACTICAL RELIGION.; With the life of the author.

Alexandria, D.C. Published by S. Cornelius. S. C. Ustick, Printer. 1833. 12mo. xxiv, - 270pp. Green cloth with partial paper label on spine all of which has been shellacked. Some wear to ends and corner. Stain in front gutter perhaps from shellacking. More

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WAU-BUN THE EARLY DAY IN THE NORTHWEST.; Edited with notes and introduction by Louise Phelps Kellogg. Mrs. John H. Kinzie.

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Kinzie, Mrs. John H.

WAU-BUN THE EARLY DAY IN THE NORTHWEST.; Edited with notes and introduction by Louise Phelps Kellogg.

Menasha, Wisconsin: The National Society of Dames in Wisconsin, 1948. 8vo. xxi, 390pp. Burgundy cloth with gilt stamping on spine. Very good. Reprint of HOWES K-171. Previous owner's inscription on half-title. More

Price: $15.00

APACHES AND LONGHORNS. THE REMINISCENCES OF WILLIAM C. BARNES.; Edited and with an introduction by Frank Lockwood. With an illustration by Cas Duchow. William C. Barnes.

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Barnes, William C.

APACHES AND LONGHORNS. THE REMINISCENCES OF WILLIAM C. BARNES.; Edited and with an introduction by Frank Lockwood. With an illustration by Cas Duchow.

Los Angeles: The Ward Ritchie Press, 1941. First edition. 8vo. xxiii, 210pp. illus. Tan cloth in dust jacket worn with a few tears and chips on edges, small stain at bottom of spine. GRAFF 189; HERD 208; SIX GUNS 142. More

Price: $35.00

WARPATH AND COUNCIL FIRE. The Plains Indians' Struggle for Survival in War and in Diplomacy 1851-1891. Stanley Vestal.

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Vestal, Stanley

WARPATH AND COUNCIL FIRE. The Plains Indians' Struggle for Survival in War and in Diplomacy 1851-1891.

New York: Random House, 1948. First edition. 8vo. xiv, 338 pp., illustrated. Green cloth in black illustrated dust jacket which is rubbed along edges. LUTHER 94. More

Price: $30.00

THE FABULOUS FRONTIER. TWELVE NEW MEXICO ITEMS, William A. Keleher.

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Keleher, William A.

THE FABULOUS FRONTIER. TWELVE NEW MEXICO ITEMS,

Santa Fe, New Mecico: The Rydal Press, 1945. 8vo. ix, (5), (2), 3 - 317pp. Blue cloth with gilt stamping on spine and front cover. Very good. ADAMS ONE-FIFTY 87; HOWES K37; HERD 1262; SIX-GUNS 1214. More

Price: $35.00

THE BLUE HERON TREE.; Illustrated by Clement Hurd. Edith Thatcher Hurd.

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THE BLUE HERON TREE.; Illustrated by Clement Hurd.

New York: Viking Press, 1968. First edition. 8vo. 66pp., (1), illus. Dedicated to the San Francisco Audubon Societies who worked to save the blue heron trees and the feeding grounds of the Bolinas Lagoon. Signed by both author and illustrator. A very good copy in a dust jacket. More

Price: $50.00

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