Let's Go Fishing! [caption cover title]
Fort Myers, FL: Lee County Chamber of Commerce, 1937. First edition (?). Narrow 8vo. (4) pp. Illustrated from photographs (one a leaping Tarpon). Lee County promotional touting its fabulous fishing; includes a table of available salt-water species, giving methods, tackle, best tides, bait, and best grounds for each. Not recorded on OCLC. Very good. Illus. self-wrappers. (#6780).
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![Official Program: Third Annual Tournament of the Western Colorado Sportsmen's Association under the Auspices of the Gunnison Game and Fish Protective Association, Gunnison Colorado, July 22, 23 and 24, 1928 [caption title]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/615/292/707292615.0.l.0.jpg)
Official Program: Third Annual Tournament of the Western Colorado Sportsmen's Association under the Auspices of the Gunnison Game and Fish Protective Association, Gunnison Colorado, July 22, 23 and 24, 1928 [caption title]
Gunnison, CO: The association (Printed by The News-Champion), 1928. Program for the tournament. Narrow 8vo. (19) pp. Includes a description of the gathering, rules for the fly casting and trapshooting tournaments, schedules for the various events, lists of prizes, and a one-page promotional for Gunnison County, Colorado, emphasizing outdoor activities, especially fishing and golf; many ads for local businesses. OCLC Apparently does not locate any material from the Western Colorado Sportsmen's Association. Very good. Front wrapper employed as a... Read More
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Racing Log of the Yacht [space for the Yacht's name to be added], Owned by [space for the owner's name to be added]. With a foreword by Herbert L. Stone, editor of "Yachting.
New York: Derrydale Press, 1933. First edition. 8vo. (146) pp. Provides space for recording details of about 70 races, adding a frontispiece photograph of the yacht, mounting more photographs or printed pieces through the text. Cover title: "Yacht Racing Log." Siegel 75: We have been unable to determine the exact number of copies produced … we estimate that 750 to 1000 were produced." OCLC locates but four copies (Harvard, Princeton, Cleveland Public, National Sporting Library). Very good unused copy.... Read More
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PURE OIL / TINTED GLOSS / READY MIXED PAINT / JOHN LUCAS & CO. / New York. Philadelphia. Chicago. / 1848 [colored cut of a Victorian house, 3 x 3 1/2 inches] 1894 / [followed by 13 paragraphs of promotional text]. On the verso is printed a color facsimile of the label for tinted gloss paints manufactured by John Lucas & Co., followed by five mounted rectangles of color paint samples, each showing five different colors, and a printed advertising statement for a Texas distributor "C.N. Leroux / Hardware Merchant / Dealer in Stoves, Tinware, Agricultural / Implements, Paints, Oils, Brushes, etc. / 228 & 230 West Commerce Street / San Antonio, Texas." Text on each side enclosed within a bold rule border
[Philadelphia, PA?]: John Lucas & Co, 1894. Broadsheet, 14 x 6 1/2 inches, folded to oblong 8vo (3 1/2 x 6 1/2 inches). The promotional text for the paints includes a sales pitch, hints on selecting colors, directions for using the paints, a rule of thumb for determining the amount of paint needed, etc. Romaine describes several catalogues for John Lucas & Co. OCLC locates several similar publications for John Lucas & Co., but apparently not this one. Some... Read More
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HISTORY OF THE 42ND AIR DEPOT GROUP: MARCH-SEPTEMBER 1945
[Occupied Germany: U.S. Army Air Corp], 1945. First edition. 4to. 32-page reproduced typescript, with 55 plates of heavy photographic paper bearing 96 black and white photographs, each with a detailed caption; "Restricted" printed at head and foot of front wrapper. A detailed history of the Air Group from its arrival in France on D-Day + 10. Text includes rules on fraternization in occupied Germany. The photographs detail supply, logistics, and plane and vehicle maintenance operations of the group and... Read More
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STOCK / SALE! / I will offer for sale at public auction at the farm of L.C. Wilbur on the / territory line near Tar creek, six miles west of Baxter, on / SATURDAY, JUNE 23d, '88, / Beginning at 10 O'Clock Sharp, / 50 COWS WITH CALVES! / These are considered the finest lot of cows in this section of / country, and are nearly all broke to milk. The calves / are all out of thoroughbred bulls. / 2 Thoro'bred Shorthorn Bulls! / TWO WORK HORSES! / Three Brood Mares / Two mowing Machines in Good Running Order! / ONE LUMBER WAGON! / NINE FINE BROOD SOWS WITH PIGS! / ONE THOROUGHB'D BERKSHIRE BOAR! / Terms,---Sevenmonths credit without interest, on notes with ap- / proved security, or 6 per cent discount for cash. / J. P. Hartley, Auctioneer. F. N. MOORE
Baxter Springs (Kansas): M. H. Gardner, Printer, 1888. Broadside printed on cloth, 43 x 33 cm., employing several sizes and styles of bold type. Baxter Springs had been a major cattle drive town, but began to decline after the railroads were built. OCLC locates fewer than 25 items printed in Baxter Springs between the 1860s and 1900, mostly newspapers and journals, with only a couple of individual books or pamphlets, and no listings at all for this printer. The... Read More
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Mr. Rarey's Practical System of Horse Taming [caption title]
Belfast, (Ireland): Belfast "News-Letter" Office, 1860. First edition. 4to. (4) pp. [printed double-column]. A "selection of curtailed extracts from the leading newspapers of Great Britain and France," showing "the universal verdict of approval with which the excellence and humanity of Mr. Rarey's system of training horses has been greeted by the public press and the first horsemen of this and every other country he has yet visited." John S. Rarey (1827-1866) was a native of Ohio and an important... Read More
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The General Stud Book, Containing Pedigrees of English Race Horses, &c &c, from the Earliest Accounts to the Year 1831 Inclusive. With an appendix giving extended pedigrees of stallions imported into the United States, and of their most noted progeny
Baltimore, MD: J.S. Skinner, 1834. First American from the second London edition. 8vo. Three volumes in two: viii, 524; (2), 1076 pp. A list of horses imported into the United States from England cover the last 44 pages. American Imprints 24582. Ex-American Museum of Natural History Library copy, with bookplate and several stamps (marked "cancelled"). Contemporary calf (joints cracking, rear joint somewhat eroded), leather spine label a little chipped and cracked. (#6812).
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Dartmouth Out-O'-Doors, 1932-1933: Annual Reports of the Dartmouth Outing Club, Dartmouth Outing Club of Boston, Ledyard Canoe Club, Bait and Bullet, Boost and Saddle
Hanover, NH: Dartmouth College, 1933. Annual publication. 8vo. 43 pp. Illustrated from photographs. Especially good for its recap of winter sports, skiing, skating, outings, etc., lists of members of the various clubs. Printed letter from the director of the Outing Club laid in. Very good. Original decorated cream wrappers, stapled. (#6775).
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Employment and Economic Status of Negroes in the United States: Staff report to the subcommittee on labor and labor-management relations of the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare, United States Senate
Washington, (DC): GPO for the committee, 1952. First edition 82d Congress, 2d Session. 8vo. vi, 20 pp. At the head of the front wrapper, the ownership signature of Dean S. Yarbrough (1903-?), a native of Alabama and African-American college professor and sociologist; early in his career Yarbrough worked for the Urban League and depression-era Federal agencies, then became a long-time member of the faculty at Wilberforce. Very good. Printed self-wrappers, stapled. (#6576).
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Negro Spirituals for Four-Part Mixed Voices. De Gospel Train
New York: Harold Flammer Publisher, 1938. Music and lyrics for this song. 8vo. 8 pp. Very good. Original decorated wrappers. (#6671).
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![Our Pastor's Fourth Anniversary, Rev. F.D. Reid, Pastor, May 3rd to 11th, 1936, Mt. Olivet Baptist Church, Edison Ave. at Broadway, Schenectady, N.Y. [cover title]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/539/036/723036539.0.l.jpg)
Our Pastor's Fourth Anniversary, Rev. F.D. Reid, Pastor, May 3rd to 11th, 1936, Mt. Olivet Baptist Church, Edison Ave. at Broadway, Schenectady, N.Y. [cover title]
Schenectady, NY: The church, 1936. 8vo. (8) pp. Ads for local businesses. Includes the activities scheduled for each day of the celebration, a list of officials at the church, and members of the "Anniversary Committee." Not in Blockson catalogue. Not recorded on OCLC. Very good. Original printed stiff pink wrappers, stapled. (#6681).
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CRAM'S VEST POCKET MAP OF WASHINGTON
Chicago: George F. Cram, 1910. Folding map, 47 x 62 cm., tipped into black lettered brown paper wrapper which has been folded in thirds. "This map shows all counties, cities, towns and villages, principal rivers and lakes. Every name clear and distinct. Just the thing for travelers & others who wish reliable maps." Some short splits along a folds, a few of which have been repaired with archival tape on verso; shallow chips and one closed tear to wraps.... Read More
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![Sweet Memories of Dixie [cover and caption title]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/555/036/723036555.0.l.jpg)
Sweet Memories of Dixie [cover and caption title]
Piney Woods (Near Braxton), MS: Laurence C. Jones, Piney Woods School, 1924. 4to. (3) pp. Pages two and three print the music with lyrics to the song, page four, the rear wrapper (with caption title “Results of Fifteen Years Struggle”), is illustrated from nine photographs of buildings and student activities at the Piney Woods School and advertises the publisher's book "Piney Woods and Its Story" (NY, 1922). Original illustrated self-wrappers, with a portrait of the author and publisher, also... Read More
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Regulations / Forbidding Nuisances upon the Public Roads of / Norfolk County
[Norfolk, VA?]: The board, 1894. Broadside printed on thin, pliant card stock, 11 1/4 x 8 1/2 inches, the head in bold all caps. Most of the regulations deal with the creation of obstacles to public travel, repairing damage, maintenance, etc. (e.g., "No person shall be allowed to fasten a cow or other stock on or near the roadside in such a manner, that the rope, chain, or other fastening may, at any time, be extended on the road").... Read More
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![Exposition industrielle et agricole d'Egypte au Caire (Ghezireh) 1926 [cover title].; Sous le haut patronage de S.M. Le Roi](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/327/797/758797327.0.l.jpg)
Exposition industrielle et agricole d'Egypte au Caire (Ghezireh) 1926 [cover title].; Sous le haut patronage de S.M. Le Roi
Caire: Typo-Litho. H. Urwant, 1926. Advertisement for Stand Nestor Gianaclis cigarettes. 12mo. (4) pp. "Stand Nestor Gianaclis = Nut, la mère des Dieux." Printed in French and Arabic, describing the stand’s design using Egyptian deities, especially Nut, and listing the prominent company’s cigarettes with prices. Apparently unrecorded on OCLC. A little spotting and soil but very good. Original chromolithographic wrappers, stapled, advertising the products with ancient Egyptian motifs. (7234).
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A Facsimile of the First Edition of the Pharmacopoeia Augustana. With introductory essays by Theodore Husemann
Madison, WI: State Historical Society of Wisconsin, 1927. First edition thus, 1/500 copies. 4to. xlii, (2), 260, (6, index), 3, (1) pp. Facsimile of the 1564 edition. Inscribed by Joseph Schafer, Superintendent of Publications of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin and with his TLS to the recipient tipped-in. Very good. Original half-leather (corners bumped), gilt spine title, marbled boards. (7213).
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![Singing Birds' / Concert! / The Singing Birds, Assisted by / M.F. Price / Will Give One of Their Concerts at [unused space for location to be filled in] / Singing Birds, Bella Simpson, Soprano, Jennie Simpson, Alto / M.F. Price, Basso, R.A. McClure, Tenor, and proprietor. / The Singing Birds Are / Two Little Girls / Nine and Eleven years of age, possessing / Full and Rich Voices! / Their Power of Execution / Astonishes all who hear them, and they are pronounced by competent Judges to Excel in the art of singing. The / Singing Birds / Will be assisted by M.F. Pierce, whose superior Bass. singing is applauded wherever heard. / Tickets, [blank] cents, For Sale at [blank] / Doors Open at 1-2 past 7. Concert to Commence at Eight O'Clock. / For Particulars See Small Bills. J. Simpson, Agent. / [complete text]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/342/797/758797342.0.l.jpg)
Singing Birds' / Concert! / The Singing Birds, Assisted by / M.F. Price / Will Give One of Their Concerts at [unused space for location to be filled in] / Singing Birds, Bella Simpson, Soprano, Jennie Simpson, Alto / M.F. Price, Basso, R.A. McClure, Tenor, and proprietor. / The Singing Birds Are / Two Little Girls / Nine and Eleven years of age, possessing / Full and Rich Voices! / Their Power of Execution / Astonishes all who hear them, and they are pronounced by competent Judges to Excel in the art of singing. The / Singing Birds / Will be assisted by M.F. Pierce, whose superior Bass. singing is applauded wherever heard. / Tickets, [blank] cents, For Sale at [blank] / Doors Open at 1-2 past 7. Concert to Commence at Eight O'Clock. / For Particulars See Small Bills. J. Simpson, Agent. / [complete text]
Mt. Pleasant, Iowa: Home Journal Job Print, 1866. Printed broadside, 24 3/8 x 18 1/2 inches, employing several sizes and styles of type, including large display and ornamental bold types (to 3 1/4 inches), an appealing typographical tour-de-force, featuring extra-large bold type in a well-designed layout. Printed by a small town newspaper in Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, located about 75 miles south of Davenport. The "Home Journal" was published from 1856 to 1866; this broadside has the look of the... Read More
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EXHILARATION BY MEANS OF VIBRATION (cover title)
[New York]: The Lambert Snyder Co, 1904. Single sheet printed on both sides, folded into 4 panels. 5 5/8 by 13 7/8 in. A few concrete facts allow this device will relieve sluggishness with increase of circulation by vibration as well as relieving areas of pain. Two pages of text about it, two of testimonials and a two page list of prominent physicians who are using the device. A lovely picture of a man holding this remarkable device to... Read More
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SMITH'S / HOMOEOPATHIC PHARMACY, / 488 BROADWAY, / Corner of Broome St. / J. T. S. SMITH, / Has for sale a large assortment of Homoepathic / Triturations, Tinctures, Dilutions and Pellets, in- / cluding the highest attenuations, both imported and / of his own preparation. / Cases for Physicians and Family use, of various / sizes and prices. / Pure Sugar of Milk, Alcohol, Distilled Water, / and Unmedicated Pellets, constantly on hand. / Smith's Homoepathic Court Plaster, a substitute / for the ordinary Court Plaster, and an excellent / application for Corns. / Country orders promptly and carefully ex- / ecuted
[New York: np, 1846. Advertising broadside printed on dark blue paper, 7 1/2 by 5 1/8 in. Perhaps cut from wrapping as right margin has 1 in. overlapping piece of the same blue paper glued down. According to the "Homoeopathic Bibliography of the United States," by Thomas Lindsley Bradford [Phila.: 1892], p. 550, Smith's pharmacy was located at 488 Broadway in 1846 and probably part of 1847. He produced homoeopathic medicines for Dr. A. Gerald Hull and Dr. J.F.... Read More
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SPORT IN ART AND BOOKS. THE PAUL MELLON COLLECTION
London and New Haven, CT: The Tate Gallery for the Yale Center for British Art, 1978. Four volumes. First editions. 4to. xvii, (3), 427; xv, (3), 126; xxiv, 382; xxii, 257 pp. The set includes: (1) BOOKS ON THE HORSE AND HORSEMANSHIP: Riding, Hunting, Breeding & Racing, 1400-1941. A catalogue compiled by John B. Podeschi. With 470 entries for books, and 43 entries for periodicals, nearly 400 illustrations, 33 of them on 18 color plates. (2) BRITISH SPORTING AND... Read More
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A NEW GUIDE TO HEALTH: OR THE FARMERS' SECURITY AGAINST THE SPECULATIONS AND IMPOSISTIONS PRACTICED UPON THEM, BY THE MEDICAL FACULTY......
NP: Printed for the author, 1833. 16 cm. 70 pp. Original cloth spine, plain blue paper over wooden boards (paper chipped on the front board, and lacking on the rear). On the top margin of the text, loss either from ink burn or insect, continuous throughout though not effecting text. Only one copy listed in OCLC at Univ. of Rochester Medical. Purports to be a workingman's guide to natural cures for illness, and midwifery for childbirth, reducing the jargon... Read More
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BOMBARDMENT OF VERA CRUZ, MARCH 25th, 1847
New York: N. Currier, 1847. Hand-colored lithograph, 10 x 13 inches. Matted. Some browning to margin, but very good. The print pictures General Winfield Scott and his troops around an artillery battery. A caption in the lower margin describes the action during the battle.
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![MEXICAN YUCCA SOAP CO. [cover title]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/326/503/803503326.0.l.jpg)
MEXICAN YUCCA SOAP CO. [cover title]
[New York City: Mexican Yucca Soap Co, 1893. Single sheet, folded to 15 x 9 cm. Illustration of a yucca plant on first page, followed by (3) pp. of text. Included is a certification from an industrial chemist in New York who found the product to be free of all adulterations, and "strictly pure." Laid in is a small broadsheet ad, 8 1/2 x 14 1/2 cm., advertising the company's "Mexican Yucca Tar" and "Mexican Yucca Carbolic" soaps, recommended... Read More
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BETHESDA." A TRAVELLER'S CRITICISM ON OUR HEALTH RESORTS, THEIR SCENERY, CLIMATIC PECULIARITIES AND CURATIVE INFLUENCE
Boston [MA]: Billings, Clapp & Co., Publishers, 1885. Pictorial tan paperwraps. 16 cm. (32) pp. Illustrations. Color illustrated ad for Nichols' Elixir Peruvian Bark & Protoxide of Iron on rear wrapper. Short critiques on the resorts of Atlantic City, Aiken, several locations in Florida, etc., interspersed with promotional material for "Bethesda," a cordial elixir for treating diseases of the nervous system, Nichols' Elixir Peruvian Bark and Protoxide of Iron and other nostrums manufactured by Billings, Clapp & Co. A... Read More
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