Emergency Board, Louisiana & Arkansas Railway Co. — Employees / By the President of the United States of America / A Proclamation / [caption title, followed by eight paragraphs of text printed on two pages]. Signed in type at the end "Herbert Hoover.
[Washington, DC]: (Government Printing Office, 1932. First edition, [document] no. 1992. 4to broadsheet. Hoover herewith creates a board to report on a dispute between the railway and its several employee unions and organizations; the dispute "threatens to interrupt interstate commerce … to a degree such as to deprive that section of the country of essential transportation service." Apparently unrecorded on OCLC (which does record the board’s report on their investigation). Fine unfolded example. (#5657).
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BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA'S PACIFIC PROVINCE: ITS POSITION, ADVANTAGES, RESOURCES , AND CLIMATE
[Montreal?]: Canadian Pacific Railway, 1905. 8vo. 64 pp. Illustrated; plates, large folding map, ads. Original printed light blue wrappers (darkened at spine and edges), stapled. Very good. Promotional, issued under varying titles starting in 1892.
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New Orleans [cover title]
(New York: Wittemann), 1900. First edition. 12mo. 12-panel series of sepia views of New Orleans, folded accordion-style, several views spanning two panels, one, a panorama of the city, spanning four; survey of public and private buildings, hotels, the 1885 Exposition grounds, monuments, and recreational spots. OCLC locates two copies (Northwestern State, New Orleans). A little wear at the extremities of some plates, but very good. Original cloth-backed gilt-stamped boards (rubbed). (#5601).
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Off for a Day's Tarpon Fishing," [caption title] for a 3-panel color postcard, 3 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches, picturing (1) a blue sky, (2) seven tarpon, a day's bag, and (3) a flotilla of boats heading out of Aransas Pass, Texas, for a day's fishing
(Aurora, MO: MWM Color-Litho Finished, 1920. Sub-titled: "Texas, the Lone Star State." Very good. Color postcard (a little rubbed). (#6086).
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Sportsman's Portfolio of American Field Sports
Boston, (MA): M.M. Ballou, 1855. First edition (a second edition was issued by the Derrydale Press in 1929), originally published serially in "Gleason's". Oblong 4to. Engraved title-page with vignette, 20 plates of sporting subjects, each with a facing page of descriptive text) as called for in the index, with an additional plate on the verso of the final leaf. "[This book] may be described as the most profusely illustrated early sporting book published in America, as it contains twenty... Read More
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BY-LAWS OF KEYSVILLE LODGE, A.F. & A.M. NO. 154, ADOPTED JANUARY 10, 1874
Charlotte C. H.: Charlotte Gazette Printing Office, 1874. 16mo. 10 pp. Original printed blue wrappers. Very good. First edition (?). Includes a list of the lodge's officers. Scarce; apparently unrecorded on OCLC.
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BEAUTIFUL FLORIDA: THE WINTER PLAYGROUND OF THE NATION
Printed by Curt Teich & Co: Chicago, IL, 1915. Color illus. paperwraps. 8vo.; (1pp. of text, & 15pp. of color illus. postcard views of sites in Florida). OCLC locates two copies (State Lib. of FL; University of FL). cf. Servies 16565.
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PROSPECTUS. THE WINDSOR HOTEL. JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA. DODGE & CULLENS. Buffalo
NY: Matthews-Northrup Works, 1905. Beige paperwraps, bound with cord, front wrap illustrated in green & yellow. 12mo.; (11pp). Illustrated with photos of the hotel. Text printed on glossy paper & folded into wrapper. Not in SERVIES. No listings on OCLC. Very good.
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![FEDERAL CHEMICAL COMPANY, CAPITAL, $3,000,000: OWNERS AND OPERATORS OF THE GREATER PORTION OF ALL THE DEVELOPED PHOSPHATE FIELDS IN TENNESSEE, AND OF THE LARGEST AND BEST EQUIPPED FERTILIZER PLANT IN THE WORLD [cover title]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/333/934/244934333.0.l.jpg)
FEDERAL CHEMICAL COMPANY, CAPITAL, $3,000,000: OWNERS AND OPERATORS OF THE GREATER PORTION OF ALL THE DEVELOPED PHOSPHATE FIELDS IN TENNESSEE, AND OF THE LARGEST AND BEST EQUIPPED FERTILIZER PLANT IN THE WORLD [cover title]
Montgomery, AL: Marks & Gayle, resident managers for the states of Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, and West Florida, 1902. Narrow 16mo. 20 pp. Illustrated. Original illustrated tan wrappers, stapled. Very good. Promotional for a crop-growing contest for farmers using the company's "Daybreak Fertilizer." Gives 14 premiums (e.g., buggies, wagons, and plows), rules for the contest, and the fertilizer analysis. Unrecorded on OCLC.
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![SAMARKAND, HEART'S DESIRE, SANTA BARBARA, CALIFORNIA [cover title.]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/846/544/649544846.0.l.jpg)
SAMARKAND, HEART'S DESIRE, SANTA BARBARA, CALIFORNIA [cover title.]
[Santa Barbara, CA?]: The hotel, 1920. 24mo. (28) pp. Lower margin illustrations from line drawings throughout, depicting the town and activities in the hotel, double-page map of the hotel and its grounds and a street plan for the city. Promotional for the hotel and its amenities, with a romantic text suitable for life in Santa Barbara. Not in Rocq. OCLC locates one copy (California - Berkeley.) Very good. Original color illustrated wrappers, stapled. (6139).
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MOTOR TRIPS VIA SOUTHERN TOURS. ST. PETERSBURG, FLORIDA
N.P.: n.p., 1920. Color illus. paperwraps, folded in half vertically. Narrow 8vo.; (15pp.) Photo illus. A promotional brochure, produced by Southern Tours, Inc. of St. Petersburg, operators of motor coach tours in St. Petersburg, Tarpon Springs, Sarasota, etc. Small rubbed spot on rear wrap, else very good. No listings found on OCLC.
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![SEMI TROPIC CALIFORNIA [cover title]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/520/694/650694520.0.l.jpg)
SEMI TROPIC CALIFORNIA [cover title]
Los Angeles, CA: (Southern Pacific Co.), 1915. First edition. 12mo. 48 pp. Illustrated from photographs, folding map (showing the railroad's service area in greater Los Angeles). Excellent promotional for all of the towns in the service area. Apparently not in Rocq. OCLC locates six copies (Yale; California State Lib.; Calif. State Univ. - Northbridge; California - San Diego; California - Berkeley; SMU). Few pencil notes on a rear memoranda page, some pencil tick marks, else very good. Original illustrated... Read More
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![CATALINA ISLAND, LOS ANGELES SUBURB: WHERE EVERY MINUTE HAS PLEASURE IN IT [cover title]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/736/023/651023736.0.l.jpg)
CATALINA ISLAND, LOS ANGELES SUBURB: WHERE EVERY MINUTE HAS PLEASURE IN IT [cover title]
(Los Angeles, CA: Wilmington Transportation Co. & Catalina Island Co, 1927. 14-panel promotional folded to narrow 24mo. Illustrated from photographs, map; list of Catalina Island Ticket Offices (mostly in the Los Angeles area, but including Chicago and Phoenix). Promotional for the island, emphasizing outdoor activities, fishing, swimming, boating, etc., and describing several hotels and other amenities. Published annually through the 1920s, OCLC locates but one copy for this edition (California - San Diego) and all but one of the... Read More
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California Mid Winter Fair 1894 [cover title]
NP: ("Printed in Germany"), 1895. First edition (?). 8vo. 15 plates of views on a single sheet, folded accordion-style into gilt-stamped cloth boards. The 33 views presented here form an architectural photo-essay of the California 1894 Mid-Winter Fair, including a panorama of the grounds and views of individual buildings, and for the host city, San Francisco, and Yosemite Valley at the time, with montages of scenes from both places. Rocq locates only a similar title published in Maine. OCLC... Read More
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The October / Overland Monthly / Rounsevelle Wildman, Editor / [followed by blurbs for the magazine and its contents for the October issue]
(San Francisco: The periodical, 1895. Color illustrated advertising poster, 11 5/8 x 14 1/2 inches, printed in blue, gold, and black, picturing a miner sitting on a powder keg covering the left half. Featured articles would include "The Quicksands of Pactolus, the Great Serial Story of San Francisco Society," "Joaquin Miller on Charles Warren Stoddard," and "A Chapter on Explosives." Old tideline in lower corner (not into text or image), traces of mounting tape on verso (with stain visible... Read More
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RESOLUTIONS ON THE SLAVERY QUESTION Introduced into the Senate of North Carolina on December 31, 1850
Raleigh, NC: Thos. J. Lemay, Printer to the State, 1850. First edition, Senate Document 95. 8vo. Single leaf, printed both sides. Thornton Official 1298. Advocating accepting the compromises of 1850 while warning against further encroachments. OCLC locates two copies (Duke, Western Carolina). Very good.
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REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE APPOINTED ON THE ON THE 5TH INSTANT, TO ENQUIRE INTO THE EXPEDIENCY OF AUTHORIZING THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, TO APPOINT AN AGENT TO PURCHASE OF THE INDIANS, a Tract of Land on the South-side of Lake Superior, which Shall Include the Great Copper Bed
[Philadelphia]: Published by order of the House of Representatives, 1800. 8vo. 4 pp. Light foxing, but a fine untrimmed copy. First edition. Recommending more investigation into the possible return on an investment and other matters. Evans 38819 (AAS, BA, LOC, NYPL, NYSL). OCLC locates six copies (New York Historical Society, Yale, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Harvard, Library of Congress).
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A. BUSHNELL, WHOLESALE YELLOW PINE LUMBER
Kansas City, MO, Nov. 1st, [18]97. Three items. Broadside. Single leaf, printed on both sides, measuring 9 1/2 x 12 in. Advertising circular, with illustrated letterhead, stating types of lumber available, sizes & prices, and terms. Outline drawings of roofing & flooring shapes printed on verso. A few short tears along one side of circular, only slightly affecting text. Small illustrated ad circular, printed on one side only, advertising Red Cedar Shingles in Transit. Also Cypress Shingles & Fence... Read More
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LAKELAND: "FLORIDA'S MOST PICTURESQUE CITY.
Lakeland, FL: Lakeland Chamber of Commerce, 1940. Red & yellow paperwraps, with a colorized photo of Lakeland's million dollar Civic Center, across wraps. A promotional brochure, measuring 8 x 9 in., folded in half vertically; (8pp.). Maps & photo illus. A very good copy.
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ORLANDO, FLORIDA: THE CITY BEAUTIFUL
Orlando, FL: Greater Orlando Chamber of Commerce, 1940. A red & white lettered glossy black & white photo illus. promotional brochure. Single sheet, measuring 18 x 12 in., folded into six panels. The brochure encourages the reader to "Make This Charming City Your Florida Home." Illustrated with black & white photos of dog & horse racing, shuffleboard, fishing, golf & bowling. A picture shows the Washington Senators in Spring Training at Tinker Field. Outline map across three panels, with... Read More
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SILVER SPRINGS COURT. SILVER SPRINGS, OCALA, FLORIDA. IDEAL AUTO TOURIST HEADQUARTERS FOR ONE DAY, WEEK OR MONTH
N.P., n.p., n.d. (ca.1920?). Black & red lettered glossy white promotional folder. Single sheet (folded in half vertically), measuring 8 x 9 inches. Illustrated with photos, advertising "Bungalows, Apartments and Rooms, Strictly Modern and Completely Furnished." Very good.
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By-Laws and List of Members of Richmond Randolph Lodge No. XIX, Ancient York Masons
Richmond, (VA): Printed by James E. Goode, 1864. 15 pp., 12mo, original printed wrappers. First Confederate edition. Very good copy. Parrish 8662.
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Pinehurst, North Carolina, Founded by James W. Tufts: A Brief Description of the Leading Health and Recreation Resort of the South; Its Climate, Cottages, and Hotels and the Opportunities It Offers for Golf, Shooting, Tennis, and Out-of-Door Life
Pinehurst, NC: Leonard Tufts, 1916. Oblong 8vo. 62 (2) pp. Illustrated; unused reply card for more information laid in. Original multi-color decorated wrappers. Very good. Revised edition, showing Philip Carter as the most recent winner of the United North and South Championship Golf Tournament (1916), and with all information updated. Elaborate promotional describing the full range of living and sporting possibilities in Pinehurst. Originally published in 1905 and revised and re-issued a number of times over the following 15... Read More
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ST. PETERSBURG, FLORIDA
St. Augustine, FL: printed by The Record Company, 1922. Small 4to folded to narrow 8vo. (12) pp. Illustrated from photographs and line drawings, eastern U.S. travel map recto rear wrapper. Caption title: St. Petersburg, “The Sunshine City.” A promotional brochure, featuring climate, architecture, and various recreational opportunities, including golf, tennis, and fishing. OCLC locates one copy (Wisconsin Historical Society, dated 1921). Color illustrated wrappers, stapled. Very good.
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HOT SPRINGS BLACK HILLS SOUTH DAKOTA
(Hot Springs, SD): Issued by J. L. Denman Hot Springs Star Print, 1903. Oblong glossy beige printed wrappers, stapled. 9 by 15 cm. 48 pp., with photo illustrations. Title printed in black and red on front cover, photo of a young woman and mule over looking Hot Springs with caption " Off for Battle Mountain," on rear wrapper. Very good. OCLC lists a copy at Brigham Young University, which differs in size from our copy; and no measurements are... Read More
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