New Arrivals
THE DEBATABLE LAND: A SKETCH OF THE ANGLO-SPANISH CONTEST FOR THE GEORGIA COUNTRY.
Berkeley: Univ. of California Press, 1925. First edition. 8vo. xiii, 138pp. Maps & illus. Very good. More
TELLIAMED; OR, THE WORLD EXPLAIN'D: CONTAINING DISCOURSES BETWEEN AN INDIAN PHILOSOPHER AND A MISSIONARY, ON THE DIMINUTION OF THE SEA - THE FORMATION OF THE EARTH - THE ORIGIN OF MEN & ANIMALS; AND OTHER SINGULAR SUBJECTS, RELATING TO NATURAL HISTORY & PHILOSOPHY. A very curious work
Baltimore: Printed by W. Pechin, No.15, Market-Street- for D. Porter, at the Observatory, Federal Hill, 1797. 20.5 cm. xxix, [31]-268pp. Original leather boards with black cloth taped spine and typed paper spine label. The title is an anagram of the author's name. A serviceable reading copy. Bookplate of Rev. Edwin..... More
MAHOMET, A TRAGEDY, Adapted for Theatrical Representation, as Performed at the Theatre-Royal, Covent-Garden. Regulated from the Prompt-Book, by Permission of the Manager
London: John Bell, British Library, Strand, 1795. 14.5 cm. (7), 78pp. Bound in a sammelband with three other plays: 1) THE SIEGE OF DAMASCUS by John Hughes. (8), ix, (1), - 98pp. [London: John Bell, 1793]; 2) TAMERLANE by N. Rowe. (3),iv -x, (3), 14 - 106pp.[London: John Bell, 1792];..... More
RETROSPECT OF WESTERN TRAVEL.
New York: Charles Lohman, 1838. Two volumes. 8vo. [6], (17) - 202pp.; (4), (15) - 178pp. Drab blue paper boards, rose cloth spine with paper label chipped on vol. 2, and missing from vol. 1. Soiled with wear to joints and spine ends, foxing to text. A good copy. "It..... More
INTRUDER INTO EDEN: Representations of the Common Lawyer in English Literature 1350-1750.
Columbia, SC: Camden House, 1984. First edition. 23.5 cm. xii, [1], 141pp. Burgundy cloth stamped in gilt on spine and cover. Inscribed by author on front endpaper. More
THE AMERICAN FARRIER, OR NEW-YORK HORSE DOCTOR; BEING A FURTHER IMPROVEMENT UPON ADANCOURT'S "TAPLIN IMPROVED", WITH TERMS AND NAMES OF DISORDERS ADAPTED TO THE NOMENCLATURE OF FARMERS, TEAMSTERS, AND OSTLERS IN THE NORTHERN AND MIDDLE STATES. By an Experienced American Farrier
Troy, [NY]: F. Adancourt, 1826. 18 cm. xiii, [1],188, [4] pp ads. plus frontispiece, eight numbered plates and two unnumbered. Period leather binding with gilt stamped black morocco spine label. Rubbed. American Imprints 23482. Austin 1860. Henderson pages 28-29. More
PHILADELPHIA FAIRMOUNT PARK: General Description; Short Historical Sketch; Life of Robert Morris; Description of All the Monuments, Works of Art, Etc., and All the Interesting and Historical Buildings in the Park, with Illustrations
Philadelphia: Richard C. Schirmer, 822 North Broad Street, 1910. Dark olive green cloth stamped in gilt on front cover. 18 cm. 37pp. of text and numerous photo illustrations. Front hinge cracked, else very good. More
VORTRAG UBER DEN MEXICANISCHEN CALENDER-STEIN gehalten von Prof. PH. Valentini, am 30. April 1878, in Republican Hall vor dem deutsch ges. wissenschaftlichen Verein.
New York: A. Marrer & Sohn, 139 Essex Str, 1878. 22.5 cm. 32pp., folding plate. Original wrappers bound into black pebbled cloth. Bookplate of the Deutsch-Amerikanische Bibliothek. Tipped in autograph note from author. More
ORIGINAL PHOTO OF W.H. ZACHARY, OF THE ZACHARY SCHOOL OF MUSIC
Pine Bluff, Arkansas: nd [1960s-1970s?]. Black and white photograph, 20.5 x 14 cm., of W.H. Zachary, an African American music teacher, in his studio in front of a piano. Zachary was born in 1880 and died in 1980. His name in ink on the verso, and further identified from a...... More
TRANSFERRING EMPLOYEES TO THE WHITE HOUSE NOW ON DETAIL FROM VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES OF THE GOVERNMENT, IN A SERIES OF TYPED NOTES SIGNED BY FRANK K. SANDERSON, WITH ONE APPROVED AND SIGNED BY HARRY TRUMAN, 1945-1946
[Washington, DC: The White House, 1945-1946]. A collection of typed notes, 20 cm., on White House letterhead, nine signed by Sanderson, one unsigned, all dated September 24, 1945, directed to different department heads. Sanderson requests their recommendations "as to the detailed personnel under your supervision who should be transferred to..... More
THE ARABIAN NIGHTS' ENTERTAINMENTS; Profusely illustrated in black and white, and with colored plates
Boston, [MA]: DeWolfe, Fiske & Co., (1901). Blue gray cloth with color illustration on front board. 17.5 cm. 176pp. Color illustrated frontis. Uncommon in a chipped dust jacket. Gift inscription on flyleaf. Part of the publisher's Favorite Library series. More
IRVING TODD, OF HASTINGS, MINN., WANTS THE FOLLOWING PROCEEDINGS... [caption title]
Hastings, Minn: Irving Todd, nd [ca. 1909?]. Broadside advertisement, 31 x 10.5 cm., printed on tan paper. Old fold lines, one closed tear (with no loss), a good copy unevenly trimmed along the top margin. Todd advertises his interest in specific Freemasonry publications for Grand Lodges, Grand Chapters, Grand Councils..... More
DEED FOR RIGHT OF WAY GRANTED TO THE WEST VIRGINIA CENTRAL & PITTSBURG RAILWAY COMPANY FOR 5 and 57/100 ACRES, near Spice Lick Run and Hickory Lick Run, "with such additional widths, for slopes of cuts & fills, as may be necessary either during the construction of said Railway or after its completion...."
Dec. 12, 1887. Single sheet of lined paper, 32 cm. An unsigned deed for a right of way, with shallow chipping along the right margin taking a letter or two in a few lines. A pencil note in the top right corner requests "Return this to Chas. Goldsboro[ugh]. Accompanied by..... More
STATE OF MARYLAND, TO [JOHN PORTER, ELISHA COOMBS AND HENRY KREIGHBAUM OF ALLEGHANY COUNTY] GENTLEMEN, GREETING: BE IT KNOWN. That reposing great trust and confidence in your Integrity and Love of Justice, you, and each of you, are appointed and assigned, DISTRICT JUSTICES of the [fifth] Election District Court.... [followed by four more lines of text]
NP: J. Green, Print, nd [1839]. Partly printed broadside, completed in manuscript. 27 x 41 cm., text enclosed in a decorative border. Docketed on verso, and signed by Aza Beall, clerk. Old fold lines, with separations along folds archivally repaired on verso; a few shallow chips and holes, one affecting..... More
MEN AND WOMEN IN THE ARMED FORCES FROM COMANCHE COUNTY
Oklahoma City, OK: Vanguard Publishers, [1946]. Fabrikoid (?) cover embossed with the title and an American flag. 28 cm., unpaginated [approx. 150pp.], with photo illustrations and brief biographies. Head of spine chipped, front joint starting. A separate section at the back has [5] pp. African-Americans who served, and a quote..... More
'NEATH AUGUST SUN 1901. Dedicated to Those Who Came This Way in 1901
Anadarko, OK: N. T. Plummer Printing Co., [1933]. 27 cm. 227pp., illustrations. Green wrappers with title stamped in gilt on front cover. Very good. A history of Lawton, Oklahoma in the early 20th century. More
RAILROAD MARCH. FOR THE FOURTH OF JULY.
Baltimore [MD]: Geo. Willig Junr. 1828. Second edition. Sheet music, composed and arranged for the Piano Forte and "[d]edicated to the Directors of the Baltimore & Ohio Rail Road." Disbound. 34 cm. 3 pp. Illustration below title shows three open railroad cars, an early engine and engineer, and a fireman..... More
LOCAL HOUSING AUTHORITY ADMINISTRATION; A Manual from Early Experience
Chicago, Illinois: National Association of Housing Officials, 1939. 30 cm. [pagination various]. Mimeograph sheets, with tables, diagrams and forms. WPA material. Loose leaf notebook dark blue paper wrappers, title stamped on front cover. Ex-library, with stamp on last page of text and pocket removed from rear endpaper. The foreward states..... More
SECOND WAAC TRAINING CENTER: Dayton Beach, Florida [cover title]
[Dayton Beach, Florida: Women's Army Auxiliary Corps, 1942]. 15 x 11.5 cm. [14] leaves of plates, rectos only, all illustrated with photographs. Blind embossed limp brown suede wrappers stitched with red leather strip. OCLC locates single copy at the Wisconsin Veterans Museum Library. The Women's Army Auxiliary Corps was organized..... More
PEMBINA SETTLEMENT. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting report of Major Wood, relative to his expedition to Pembina Settlement, and the condition of affairs on the North-Western frontier of the Territory of Minnesota
[Washington, D.C.]: Ho[use] of Reps. March 19, 1850. Exec. Doc. No. 51, 31st Congress, 1st Session. 23.5 cm. 55pp. Disbound. Includes supplemental reports from Henry M. Rice, G. A. Belcourt, missionary priest, and Brevet Captain, John Pope of the Topographical Corps. More
THE PRIVATE PRESS AS A DIVERSION
Herrin, Illinois: Trovillion Private Press, At the Sign of the Silver Horse, 1937. Tan cloth with printed paper-covered boards. 21 cm. viii, 81, (8) pages. No. 117 of 147 numbered copies signed by Violet and Hal W. Trovillion. More
LIST OF JURORS, APRIL TERM
NP [DeWitt Colony, Gonzales County? ca.1840]. Single sheet of lined paper, 32 cm., old fold lines, docketed on verso. A manuscript list of jurors, some 48 names, with a few others struck through. Written in ink in two columns in a clerical hand. The jurors include several men known to..... More
NARRATIVE OF SOME THINGS OF NEW SPAIN AND OF THE GREAT CITY OF TEMESTITAN, MEXICO, written by the Anonymous Conqueror, a companion of Hernan Cortes; Translated into English and annotated by Marshall H. Saville
New York: The Cortes Society, 1917. Number one of the "Documents and Narratives Concerning the Discovery and Conquest of Latin America" series by Cortes Society. This is copy No. 9 of an edition of 250 copies, of which ten are on Kelmscott paper. 22 cm. 93pp. Stitched for binding put..... More
MY POCKET BOOK; OR, HINTS FOR "A RYGHTE MERRIE AND CONCEITEDE" TOUR, IN QUARTO; TO BE CALLED "THE STRANGER IN IRELAND," IN 1805
London: Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe, poutlry; and J. Archer; R. Dugdale; M.N. Mahon; M. Keene; C. Legrange; and L. Tuggis; Dublin, 1808. London, England: Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe, poutlry; and J. Archer; R. Dugdale; M.N. Mahon; M. Keene; C. Legrange; and L. Tuggis; Dublin, 1808. A New [ie: Second] Edition..... More