House Doc No 287, Fifty-ninth Congress, first session. SALE of Cerain Timber on Menominee Indian Reservation, Wis
Washington DC: Congress, 1906. Paperback. Very Good. Paperback. Reprints of a collection of letters from the secretary of the interior, the State of Wisconsin Department of Forestry, the U.S. Indian Service, Green Bay Indian Agency, etc. regarding this topic. White side-stapled wrappers. Pages numbered 9 - 23. Creasing to corners. Clean. AMER/040820.
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In Passing (Natrona County High School May 1971)
Casper, 1971. Very Good. Vg Periodicals. PER310081.
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Collection de Spécimens de Caractères 1517 - 2004
Librairie Paul James / Editions des Cendres, 2006. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Hardcover. Limited to 1000 copies. In FRENCH with foreword in English and French. "The type specimens described in the present catalogue offer a repertory of typographic richness that has yet to be explored." Includes 277 specimens with large pictorial samples and descriptions. Bound in light grey paper covered boards with blind stamped title to spine and front board. Clean, bright interior filled with color photographic illustrations. In illustrated... Read More
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![La Technique des Travaux: Revue Mensuelle des Procedes de Construction modernes 4me annee. 1928 [Monthly Review of Modern Construction Processes. Fourth Year]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/069/468/1243468069.0.l.jpg)
La Technique des Travaux: Revue Mensuelle des Procedes de Construction modernes 4me annee. 1928 [Monthly Review of Modern Construction Processes. Fourth Year]
Paris: Societe des Pieux Franki, 1928. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. 12 issues bound together with supplement / table of contents for the year. Includes articles about architects and construction projects worldwide. Marbled paper covered boards with maroon cloth spine titled in gilt. Wear to edges of boards and corners. Rubbing and scuffing to boards. Occasional pencil markings to margins, but clean and bright overall. Original paper wrappers are bound in. Minor browning to wrappers and to margins of... Read More
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Ideas for Refreshment Rooms: Hotel Restaurant Lunch Room Tea Room Coffee Shop Cafeteria Dining Car Industrial Plant School Club Soda Fountain
Chicago: The Hotel Monthly Press, 1923. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. This fascinating compendium of information for the food trade is described as a ready reference to catering methods, covering a wide range of practice. So it is that the book covers a wide range of subjects such as the selection, preparation, and service of foods inmany different kinds of commercialized eating places; also group feeding as in schools and industrial plants. It describes many different methods of operation,... Read More
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Putnam's Magazine. Original Papers on Literature, Science, Art and National Interests. New Series. Volume V (5) January - June 1870
New York: G.P. Putnam and Sons, 1870. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. Includes articles on birds of the north, cuba, dreaming, insect life in winter, death, Madrid, Madame Roland, the New South, Quaker quirks, "Women's Right" (a novel by Mary Clemmer Ames), and much more. Bound in three quarter black leather with marbled paper covered boards and gilt title to spine. Minor wear and rubbing to leather, edges of boards, boards, and corners. Marbled endpapers. Occasional smudge marks and... Read More
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A Matted and Autographed Album Cover of Songs from Dennis Day
n.p.: n.p., 1958. This unusual item is a matted record album cover for a record released in 1958 titled "Dennis Day Sings Christmas is for the Family," with his autograph in a separate window below the cover. Dennis Day lived from 1916-1988. Appearing with him on the cover are Jack Benny dressed as Santa Claus, Day's wife and seven of his ten children. "Always bright and beaming from ear to ear, Irish singer Dennis Day's name and career remains... Read More
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Open Set
[Colorado]: American Academy of Bookbinding, 2020. Softcover. Fine. Softcover. A handsome exhibition catalog for the Academy's annual exhibition of bindings submitted for consideration of awards . in the exhibition. The exhibition travelled to various locations around the country that year. Softcover in white paper and brown binding with the title decoratively shown on the front cover. The spine notes that this is the catalog of the competition and exhibition for that year. Each exhibitor was given a page... Read More
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Spécimen des Lettres francoises dites Caractères de Civilité des XVIme et XVIIme Siècles dans la Collection Typographique de Joh. Enschedé en Zonen
Haarlem, 1929. Paperback. Very Good. Paperback. Modern binding of light blue paper wrappers titled by hand in black pen. Offsetting to first and last page of text with light spots of foxing throughout. Includes several speciment texts printed in different languages, pages of specimen type, and explanatory text in Dutch, French, German, and English. The type is difficult to read, as much of it originated in the late sixteenth century. 40 pages. BOB/012323.
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Popular Poetry (2 ISSUES)
Cincinnati: Popular Poetry, 1931. Very Good. Two issues very good in wraps with stapled bindings including: March, 1931 and April, 1931/contributors include Vachel Lindsay , Phyllis Lee, and the great Edith Bulkley and Adele de Leeuw. Minor creasing / soiling to cover of March issue. Periodicals. PER2010301.
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The Galaxy. A Magazine of Entertaining Reading. Volume XIX (19) January - June 1875
New York: Sheldon & Company, 1875. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. A compilation of articles and stories from this short-lived magazine, which was sold to "The Atlantic" in 1878, Bound in attractive three quarter black leather with gilt titling and ruling to spine and covers. Black pebbled cloth covers. Some chipping and bumping to leather. Interior clean. Very good condition. 864 pages. PER/062018.
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5 Little Pigs
New York, Akron, Chicago: Saalfield Publishing Co, 1910. Paperback. Very Good. Paperback. A cleverly designed version of the nursery rhyme about the five little pigs that go to market (usually told to children while wiggling their toes). In this shape book, the pages have a circular hole cut where the face of each pig should be, allowing the reader to flip the pages so that either a happy or sad pig face which are printed on the insides... Read More
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Eleanor Powell scrapbook
n.p.: n.p., n.d.. Very Good. This is a partially completed scrapbook of five publicity photos of the famed actress and dancer from the early 20th century, Eleanor Powell. This is one of several scrapbooks that was compiled over the past several years by a fervent Eleanor Powell fan. This scrapbook still appears brand new, with its glassine cover with a sticker stating it is a washable fabric cover, and a manufacturer's description of the scrapbook as a memory... Read More
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Service Record of Brigadier General Frank Parker, American Expeditionary Forces (A.E.F.)
1918. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. Rare military service record of Brigadier General Frank Parker (1872-1947). Presentation inscription from Parker "To C. Van U. in memory of the Great Days together - F.P. - Bridge Head, Easter, 1919". Includes service record, facsimiles of orders and telegraphs, as well as a list of decorations of Brig. Gen. Frank Parker from 1918 - 1919 during which he was awarded the War Cross of France with Palm, Commander of the Legion of... Read More
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The Robins and Other Stories
New York: Leavitt & Allen. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. In original light brown paper wrappers with hand colored illustration of a robin and black title to front cover. Tape repair to spine. Interior pages are disbound with remnants of original cord binding laid in. Interior has seven short stories including the death of cock robin with handcolored woodcut illustrations throughout. Occasional finger smudges and spots of foxing and soiling - but clean overall. Size: about 4.25 x 3... Read More
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Indexes to Documents Relative to North Carolina During the Colonial Existence of Said State: Now on File in the Offices of the Board of Trade and State Paper Offices in London: Transmitted in 1827: By Mr. Gallatin, The the American Minister in London, and Now Published by Resolution of the Legislature of 1842-43: Under the Direction of the Public Treasurer
Raleigh, NC: T. Loring, 1843. Hardcover. Good +. Hardcover. Scarce. These indexes were prepared in response to an 1827 request made by the governor of North Carolina to Arthur Gallatin, the American minister in London, for his assistance in procuring documents held by the English government pertaining to the early history of North Carolina. The detailed indexes are for documents issued from 1663 to 1777. Bound in three quarter brown leather with marbled paper boards and red leather... Read More
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Division Leap # 3: A Traveling Exhibition
Portland OR: Division Leap, n.d.. Fine. Number 38 of 100 copies. An eclectic assemblage from Adam Davis's Division Leap Books. Ephemeral items such as postcards and a map, created by Davis and others, including Jinn BronwenLee, David Abel, Clea Davis, and Fredrik Averin are housed in a brown paper folder. Includes list of contributors and their items. Fine condition. EPHEM/121616.
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Specimens of Type in the Printing-Office of The Yale University Press
New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1939. Hardcover. Very Good+. Hardcover. In their foreword the press writes: "Specimen books of type in the modern printer's office seldom show features of marked individuality. The almost universal use of the monotype and linotype, which derive their type faces from the specimen books of the the manufacturers of these machines, tends to a considerable uniformity in the type repertories. Unique and private fonts have largely ceased to exist....Yet there are some... Read More
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L'Architecture. Revue Mensuelle. Volume XLVI (46), Nos 1 - 12
L'Architecture, 1933. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. Includes all twelve issues from 1933. Ex-library with stamps to title page and some interior pages. Bound in black cloth with brown leather title label to spine. Rubbing to title label and wear / fraying to corners of boards. Minor rubbing and wear to boards. Browning and chipping to edges of some pages. Clean overall aside from library stamps. Includes many black and white photographic illustrations. One page of contents is detached... Read More
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Putnam's Monthly Magazine Volumes IX 9 (January to July 1857)
New York: Miller and Company, 1857. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. Includes a five page article titled "About Dogs," which is a musing about dogs and their history. Within the article, there is long ballad about a favorite hound of Llewellyn, Prince of Wales, son-in-law of King John. It concludes by asking readers to send their "very nice terrier - English, Scotch, or Skye - to Putnam, for his very sincere friend and humble servant." Also includes a review... Read More
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Country Life. June 11, 1953. Vol. CXIII No. 2943 Collector's Number
London: Country Life, 1969. Paperback. Very Good. Paperback. Articles on English summer fashion, Venetian painting, old mahogany furniture, Gordon Richards's Derby, French paper weights, and more. Illustrated blue paper wrappers, side-stapled with title to front panel only. Minor wear to covers and edges. Clean interior. Minor wear to page edges. Pagination: 1842-1927. PER/102621.
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Country Life. November 11, 1976 Volume CLX No. 4141 London Number
London: Country Life, 1976. Paperback. Very Good. Paperback. Articles on English fashion, Saab 99 EMS Saloon, Thomas Lord's first cricket ground, Pugin Revival at Westminster, the Grove of Hobby Horses, arts and crafts, tennis, horse racing, and more. Illustrated paper wrappers with white spine panel titled in black. Minor wear to covers, spine panel, and edges. Clean interior. Minor wear to page edges. Pagination: 1351-1454. PER/102621.
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Country Life. April 15, 1985. Volume CLXXVII No. 4575 Italian Number
London: Country Life, 1985. Paperback. Very Good. Paperback. Articles on fashion, Abruzzo in Central Italy, sculpture grottoes of the Medici, Castello di Fenis, Shearwaters of Linosa, Sabbioneta in Northern Italy, Horseracing in Italy, Motoring, Gardening, and more. Illustrated paper wrappers with white spine panel titled in black. Minor wear to covers, spine panel, and edges. Clean interior. Minor wear to page edges. Pagination: 1093- 1165. PER/102621.
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Country Life. Scottish Number. August 14, 1969. Vol. CXLVI No. 3780
London: Country Life, 1969. Paperback. Very Good. Paperback. Articles on Scottish farming, Cyclopean kilns and quarries, the Fiat 1256 Special Salon, Dutch art coming to Scotland, Galloway, National Pony Show, and more. Illustrated blue paper wrappers with white spine panel titled in blue. Soiling and wear to covers and edges. Clean interior. Minor wear to page edges. pagination: 368 - 422. PER/102621.
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Manuscript Leaf in Arabic
Turkey, n.d.. Very Good. A lovely Arabic leaf identified by the previous owner as a Koran leaf from Turkey. The text is beautifully adorned with a gilt frame, small gilt circular decorations, There is a decorative symbol in the margin of one page done in blue and red inks and gilt. Small chips along page edges and some light soiling. Very good condition. Measures 4.5 x 7 inches. MANU/041923.
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