Vintage Postcard Album of color illustrated scenes of Florida, Detroit, Chicago, Ohio, Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin, Colorado, New Mexico, Wyoming, Utah, Missouri, New Orleans, Grand Canyon, Yellowstone
by [Post Card Album]
n.p.: n.p., 1969. Postcard Album. Very good. Vinyl ring binder postcard album. Album consists of 186 postcards from across the United States. The first 27 cards are from Florida. 30 more cards of Yellowstone Park. Album also includes a 1922 illustrated Buffalo Bill card. The rest of the cards are from various places in the States including Detroit, Chicago, Milwaukee, Minneapolis, Sandusky Ohio, Grand Canyon, Yellowstone, Mississippi River, Smoky Mountains, Denver, Pikes Peak, Grand Forks North Dakota, and... Read More
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Late 1800's early 1900's Victorian era photograph album form Wyoming
by [Wyoming] [Photograph Album]
Wyoming, 1800. Photograph Album. Good. Approx. 12" x 9" photograph album. Undated but late 1800's or early 1900's. Album repaired, reconstructed. New green multi color velvet recovered front cover with an opening made for a label, card, etc. Contemporary color illustrated enamel back cover. Original closing clasp is present and in good working condition. All edges gilt. Interior leaves with the photographs had partial tears with some leaves detached. The album leaves were repaired, reassembled, and bound back... Read More
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An Act Creating A Commission For the Control of the Manufacture, Distribution, Sale and Transportation of Alcoholic Liquor, Wines and Beer
by [Delaware] [Alcohol]
[Delaware]: State of Delaware, 1936. Reprinted. Wraps. Very good. Stapled, green printed wraps. 55 pages. Interior contents clean. Prohibition ended December 5, 1933.
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J. L. M. Curry: A Biography
by Alderman, Edwin Anderson; Gordon, Armistead Churchill
New York: Macmillan, 1911. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair. Octavo. xx, [1], 468 pages, [1], [4] pages advertisements. Frontispiece photograph. Green cloth hardcover with gilt stamped title on spine. Gilt top edge. Light edge and shelf shelf wear to the cloth binding. Both hinges are broken with exposed webbing. The right front flyleaf and the half title page are detached. Pasted down on the right front flyleaf is an approximate 6" x 4" studio portrait photograph of J. L.... Read More
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A Narrative of the Life of John Marrant, of New York, In North America, With Account of the Conversion of The King of the Cherokees and His Daughter
by [Cherokees] [Rev. W. Aldridge]
London: C. J. Farncombe & Sons, Ltd, n.d.. Reprint. Wraps. Very good. Stapled wraps approx. 7" x 5". 24 pages. Brown paper covers with title in black. Advertisement inside the back cover. Contents clean and in very good condition. First appearance in 1787. Scarce.
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A Letter: from Thomas Bailey Aldrich to Bayard Taylor Auburn, N. Y. August 20, 1865
by Aldrich, Thomas
New York: Uphill Press, 1967. First Thus. Hardcover. Very good/very good. 12mo. [3], 9 pages, [2]. Black paper covered boards with white and black illustrated title label pasted down on front board. Glassine dust jacket. Patterned end sheets. Paper is very fine (tissue like), printed on one side and uncut at top edge. On rear blank end paper is the limitation for the book: "Of this book, 200 copies were made at The Uphill Press, New York, in... Read More
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Notes on the Alexander Family of South Carolina and Georgia and Connections 1651-1954
by Alexander, Henry Aaron
[Atlanta]: Henry Alexander, 1954. First Edition. Soft cover. Very good. Blue soft cover with title on the front cover. 142 pages, [5]. Illustrated. Large folding frontispiece family tree. Light shelf and edge wear to the covers and spine. Interior contents in very good condition.
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A Brief Narrative of the Case and Trial of John Peter Zenger. Printer of the New York Weekly Journal
by Alexander, James
Delran, New Jersey: Gryphon editions, 2004. Reprint. Leather bound. As new. Octavo. Burgundy leather binding with gilt tooled decorations on the covers. Raised bands and gilt title on the spine. All edges gilt. Page ribbon marker present. This volume is still in the original publishers shrink wrap.
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Anecdotes of the American Indians
by [Alexander V. Blake, Publisher]
New York: Published by Alexander V. Blake, 1844. Hardcover. Fair. 12mo (6.5" x 4"). [2], 252 pages. Frontispiece engraved portrait of Osceola, engraved half title page, and illustrations in text. Dark brown cloth hardcover with title in gilt on the front cover and spine. Cloth is chipped on the edges. Edge wear to cloth head and base of spine. Toning to the contents.
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The Anatomy of the Confederate Congress A Study of the Influences of Member Characteristics on Legislative Voting Behaviour, 1861-1865
by Alexander, Thomas B.; Beringer, Richard E.
Nashville: Vanderbilt University Press, 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/good. Octavo. Hardcover with dust jacket. xii, 435 pages. Light soil or cloth rubs to the spine. Dust jacket is shelf worn.
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Address of J. C. Alford, William C. Dawson, Richard W. Habersham, Thos. Butler King, E. A. Nesbit. and Lott Warren, Representatives form Georgia, In the Twenty-Sixth Congress of the United States, To Their Constituents. May 27, 1840
by Alfred, J. C.; Dawson, William C; Habersham, Richard W.; King, Thomas Butler, Nesbit E. A.; Warren, Lott
[Washington?]: n.p., 1840. Wraps. Fair. Stitched printed wraps. 31 pages. Old ink arithmetic numbers on outer wraps. Some faint pencil arithmetic on rear wrap. Faint damp-stains to the text. Whig campaign literature. Contents concern the upcoming election between Martin Van Buren and General Harrison. The authors claim Harrison is a Federalist. 11 copies located in OCLC. DeRenne page 468.
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Journal of American History Vol. VII
by Allaben, Frank (Editor-in-Chief)
Greenfield, Indiana: Journal of American History, 1913. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair. Thick quarto. [12], 809-1431 pages. Illustrated in color and in black and white. Brown cloth covered boards with leather corners and spine. Leather chipped upper spine. Edge wear to the covers. Light rubs to leather spine and joints. Small stain on the foredge. Light occasional foxing and toning to the contents. Contents contain 4 quarterly issues with original color illustrated covers bound inside. Contents illustrated... Read More
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A Decent, Orderly Lynching The Montana Vigilantes
by Allen, Frederick
Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2004. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Very good. Octavo. xxiv, [1], 421 pages. Illustrated. Brown leather? binding with stamped title on the front cover and spine. All edges gilt. Limited, numbered edition of 250 copies. This is number 42. Signed by the author on the limitation page.
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Atlanta From the Ashes
by Allen, Ivan
Atlanta: Ruralist Press, 1928. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Octavo. 144 pages. Illustrated. Black cloth hardcover with gilt title on the front cover. Light shelf wear and scratches to the cloth binding. Front cover is a bit loose. No visible cracked hinges. Presentation copy inscribed to Campbell M Krenson? Numbered 355 of a limited edition.
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Atlanta From the Ashes
by Allen, Ivan
Atlanta: Ruralist Press, 1928. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/good. Octavo. 144 pages. Illustrated. Black cloth hardcover with gilt title on the front cover. Includes dust jacket. Light shelf wear to cloth binding. Edge chips to the dust jacket. Unsigned copy. Number limitation page is blank. Interior contents clean.
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The Cherokee Nation Fort Mountain - Vann House - Chester Inns - New Echota
by Allen, Ivan
Atlanta: Ivan Allen Company, 1959. Limited Edition. Wraps. Very good. Approx. 6.25" x 4.75" red stapled soft cover with title and borders on front cover. 59 pages, [2]. Frontispiece photograph of Ivan Allen. Illustrated. Previous owner inscription in pencil on verso of the frontispiece (John Ott, former director of the Atlanta Historical Society).
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The Worcester Association and Its Antecedents: A History of Four Ministerial Associations; the Marlborough, The Worcester (Old), the Lancaster, and the Worcester (New) Associations. With Biographical Notices of the Members
by Allen, Joseph [Worcester]
Boston: Nichols and Noyes, 1868. Hardcover. Good. Small octavo. [1], xii, 426 pages, [1]. Illustrated with frontispiece and more steel engraved portraits in text. Brown cloth hardcover with gilt title on the spine. Slight lean to the binding. Edge wear to the cloth extremities. Hinges are cracked. Contents sturdy. Light toning to the contents. Presentation inscription written on the right front flyleaf reads "Hon. John Gray Rogers with the affectionate regards of C. T. Thayer.
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The Reliquary and Illustrated Archaeologist. Vol. IX
by Allen, J. Romilly (edited by)
London: Bemrose and Sons, 1903. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Quarto. [2], 288 pages, [1]. Illustrated. Brown cloth hardcover with gilt title on the front cover and spine. Yellow end sheets. Untrimmed. Light, occasional foxing to some page. Removed label from the front paste down. A few spots and light fading to the cloth binding.
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The History of Chelmsford
by Allen, Wilkes A.M.
Chelmsford, Mass: Chelmsford Revolutionary War Bicentennial Celebrations Commission, 1974. Limited facsimile edition. Hardcover. Very good. Octavo. [2], 192 pages. Red hardcover with gilt title on the front cover and spine. Interior contents clean and unmarked. This copy is numberted 18 of 100 copies.
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Poems by William Allingham
by Allingham, William
Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1861. First American Edition. Hardcover. Good. 16mo. [1], x, 276 pages, [2], 16 pages of advertisements, [1]. Blue cloth hardcover with ornate blind stamped decorations on the covers. Gilt lettered title on the spine. All edges gilt. Brown end sheets. Light shelf wear to the cloth binding. Corners slightly bumped. Light foxing to the front and rear end papers. Interior contents clean.
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The Delicious Vice: Pipe Dreams and Found Adventures of an Habitual Novel Reader Among Some Great Books and Their People
by Allison, Young E.
Cleveland: Privately printed, 1907. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Good. Thin 12mo. [4], 48 pages. Brown paper covered boards and spine. Paper title labels on the front cover and spine. This edition has 1907 printed on the title and copyright pages. It was reprinted from the Louisville Courier Journal in a numbered edition of 250 stated copies on the verso of the title page. This is copy 44. A small chip and split to the paper head of the spine.... Read More
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The New England Farmers' Almanac for 1862
by [Lodi Manufacturing Company] [Almanac]
New York: Lodi Manufacturing Co, 1861. Wraps. Good. Stitched wraps. Approx. 7.75" x 4.75". [28] pages. Yellow wraps with illustration and title on the front cover. Advertisement for Iona Grape Vines on the rear wrap. Light toning, foxes, and creases to the paper. Almanac is illustrated north view of the plants work verso of the front cover; south view of the plant inside the back cover; and a map "showing the situation of the Poudrette Works,... Read More
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Stadt und Land Calendar 1858
by [Stadt und Land] [Almanac]
Philadelphia: Stat und Land, 1858. First Edition. Wraps. Fair. 12mo. (Approx. 7.5" x 6") 36 pages. Illustrated. Illustrated wraps with title on front. Numbers arranged in a pyramid on the rear wrap. All text in German. A nice full page Buffalo illustration on page 3. Pages 33 and 34 has a corner chip with small loss of content. Toning and scattered foxing to contents.
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An Astronomical Diary: Or, Almanack For the Year of our Lord Jesus Christ, 1763. Being Bissextile or Leap Year. Calculated for the Meridian of Boston, New England, Lat. 42 Deg. 25 Min. North
by [Almanack] Ames, Nathaniel
Boston: Printed and Sold by J. Draper in Cornhill, R. Draper in Newbury Street, and others, 1762. Wraps. Fair. Approx. 7" x 4" stitched wraps. 12 leaves containing 24 pages. Light brown spots and toning to paper. Some page corner pages turned with small tears and chips. Occasional light, brief pen marks in the text. Colonial imprint.
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Jim Bridger
by Alter, J. Cecil
Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1967. Second printing. Hardcover. Very good/good. Octavo. Hardcover with illustrated dust jacket. xii, 358 pages, [1]. Light wear to the dust jacket. Hardcover in very good condition. Second printing.
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