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15 Smithsonian offprints on flight
Washington, D.C. Smithsonian Institution, 1901-1963. 8vo, 15 vols, 12 offprints with printed wrappers and title pages, three removed from binding and paper-clipped; comprised of the following volumes, largely clean and unopened, with the occasional condition issue as noted below: Lyle, Eugene P. Santos-Dumont circling the Eiffel Tower in an air..... More
1810. The true American Union prox. No land taxes - no standing armies - no embargo. His Excellency James Fenner, Esq; Governour. The Honourable Simeon Martin, Esq; Lieut. Governour...
[Providence]: printed at the Gazette Office, [1810]. Broadside (approx. 9" x 5¾"), light toning, a couple of short tears in the margins (no loss); all else very good. Republican Party election proxy, which includes the names of ten candidates for the Senate (Moses Lippitt of Providence and William Reynolds of..... More
1811. American Prox. The Honourable William Jones, Esq; Governor. The Honourable Simeon Martin, Esq; Lieutenant-Governor...
[Providence]: printed by J. Carter, [1811]. Broadside (approx. 10" x 5½"), the text within a typographic border; some toning and several short breaks in the margins; all else very good. Federal Party election proxy, which includes the names of ten candidates for the Senate (Nicholas Brown of Providence and William..... More
1811. Convention Prox. Republicanism, Union, and American Influence. His Excellency James Fenner, Esquire, Governour. His Honour Isaac Wilbour, Esquire, Lieut. Governour...
[Providence: printer not identified, 1811]. Broadside (approx. 7½" x 4¼"), light toning; all else very good. Republican Party election proxy, which includes the names of ten candidates for the Senate (Nathaniel Hazard of Newport and John D'Wolf of Bristol among them), and one name each for secretary, attorney-general, and treasurer..... More
1938. Boston Yacht Club.
Boston: published by the secretary, 1938. 15.6 cm, pp. 80; folding color plate of code signals, folding color plate of storm signals; original green cloth stamped in gilg white, blue, and red. Fine copy. Containing the club's by-laws, committees, lists of yachts and members, house rules, racing rules, etc. More
The 1939 Genesse. Presented by the senior class
Rochester, New York: The Genesee Hospital School of Nursing, 1939. 4to, pp. 40; photographic illustrations throughout, pictorial endpapers; original cream embossed fabrikoid (some soiling); interior fine. Advertisements, pp. 36-[41]. Nursing school yearbook printed on the eve of World War II. Not in OCLC. More
2,000 dolls. Capital prize. By authority of the State of Rhode-Island. To be drawn under the superintendence of the Secretary of State. Rhode Island Lottery. For the benefit of the First Universalist Society in North Providence. Class number vtwo. F. W. Dazna, J. A. Scott, R. S. Gould, managers
Providence: [neither printer nor publisher identified], December 2, 1831. Narrow broadside (approx. 13" x 5"), announcing the lottery and listing 5051 prizes amounting to $10,643, the grand prize being $2000; docketed on the verso: "Prov. Decem 2 1831 True copy furnished the Secty according to law / P. Case /..... More
2005 Who's who in North Korea. [Together with:] North Korea yearbook 2005
Sŏul T'ŭkpyŏlsi: Sŏul Sinmunsa, [2004]. 2 volumes, large 8vo, pp. [14], [4], 31-1057, [1]; [12], [3], 28-1055, [1]; illustrated throughout, some in color; original red cloth stamped in gilt on upper cover and spine; fine, in the publisher's slipcase. Text in Korean. Ten years into Kim Jong Il's tenure as..... More
250th Anniversary of the town of Bristol, Rhode Island. September 6-21-24, 25-26-27. 1680-1930 [wrapper title]
[Bristol? publisher not identified], 1930. 4to, pp. 58; illustrated throughout; original pictorial wrappers; very good. Numerous ads for local businesses. Includes a history of the town by W. H. Munro, a section on leading industries, and a Bristol Pageant. More
3 letters from mk
Austin: Aegis Editions, 1957. Edition limited to 20 copies (this, no. 15), 8vo, pp. [12]; printed in red and black; dampstained, some wrinkling but no tidemarks; very good in original decorative paper wrappers. From the library of Kim Merker. This copy inscribed by the printer Raeburn Miller "for Kim and..... More
The 44th Air Service Group in India
India: 44th Air Service Group, 1945. Oblong 4to, approx 9.5 x 12 inches, pp. 68; greyscale photo reproductions throughout; bound with metal clasps in stiff paper wrappers. A photo album of daily life in the 44th, with the last pages dedicated to a personel directory. This copy belonged to William..... More
50 ex-libris taurinos de la coleccion del Excmo. Sr. Conde de Colombi
Madrid: 1962. Edition limited to 33 copies (this, no. 30), 8vo, stiff paper portfolio with title and imprint on one side, and containing a bifolium index to the bookplates plus 49 (of 50) separate reproductions of bookplates with bullfighting themes, the whole contained in a full blue Spanish calf slipcase;..... More
7 New Titles: The Toothpaste Press
West Branch, Iowa: Toothpaste Press, 1980. 4.25" x 10" press catalogue for the 1980 new releases, green trim along right edge. More
74 photographs of Thailand and Cambodia
[Thailand: c. 1880s]. A collection of photographic prints, mostly 5 x 6.5", of scenes around Cambodia and Thailand. Subjects consist of street scenes, wats, river scenes, elephants, and French colonials. Each photograph has annotations penciled in on the verso, but without clear indication of the relation between the annotator and..... More
Abraham Lincoln: the important collection of the late Henry M. Leland, Detroit, Michigan. Unrestricted public auction Thursday evening, June 2, 1932.
Chicago: Chicago Book & Art Auctions, Inc., 1932. First edition; 8vo; pp. 32; 7 illustrations; price realized penciled in margin; very good copy in original paper wrappers. More
An account of the celebration of the first semi-centennial anniversary of the incorporation of Columbia College, by the legislature of New-York; with the oration and poem delivered on the occasion
New-York: G. & C. Carvill & Co., 1837. Slim 8vo, pp. 62, [1]; contemporary blue-green cloth blind-tooled in a leaf pattern, upper cover lettered in gilt; ex-Chicago Historical Society and Minnesota Historical Society with usual markings, spine a bit toned, endpapers foxed, else very good. Oration by Manton Eastburn; poem..... More
An act laying a direct tax upon the United States, and to provide for accessing and collecting the same. And an act laying duties on household furniture and on gold and silver watches
Philadelphia: published by John Conrad and Co. no 68, Chestnut Street. April 3, 1815. First edituion, 8vo, pp. 31, [1]; stitched, as issued; largely unopened; original drab blue rear wrapper, front wrap wanting; otherwise generally very good. AAS and Univ. of South Carolina only in OCLC. American Imprints 36153. More
An act of the town of Johnston, respecting highways, passed November 16, 180[8]
[Providence]: from the Phenix Press, Jones & Wheeler, printers, [1808 or 1809]. 8vo, pp. 8; stitched, as issued; old stains, toned, and horizontal fold; good or better. Ownership signature of Robert Thornton of Johnston on last page. Sets out provision for raising taxes for the repair and improvement of roads..... More
An act to improve the public health, and establish a sanitary police in the city of New York [drop title]
[New York: no publisher given, ca. 1858]. First edition, 8vo, pp. 8; vertical crease, old library rubberstamp at the top of p. [1]; all else near fine. Following the passage of the act, George W. Morton wrote Remonstrance of the City Inspector against the proposed bill entitled "An act to..... More
An act to incorporate the American Atlantic Steam Navigation Company of the city of New-York [drop-title]
[New York: E. B. Clayton, 1839.]. 12mo, pp. 7, [1]; removed from binding, first page soiled, some underlining in pencil, spine split at extremities. The British and American Steam Navigation Company was a steamship line that operated a regular transatlantic service from 1839 to 1841. American Imprints 53953. LC only..... More
An act to organize, govern, and discipline the militia, of the state of Maine. Passed March 21, 1821. With the several acts in addition thereto, passed Feb. 11, 1823, and Feb. 25, 1824
Portland: printed by Todd and Smith, 1824. 12mo, pp. 84; contemporary calf-backed marbled boards; flyleaves wanting, ink ownership signature in the gutter of the second leaf (with slight bleed through on the following leaf); mild dampstains; spine rubbed with small pieces missing at the top; generally a good, sound copy..... More
Activities of the Department of National Education from July 7, 1954 to July 7, 1961
[Saigon]: Department of National Education, 1961. 8vo, pp. 64; photographic illustrations, graphs throughout; original pink and white wrappers (soiled) printed in red, a few tears to spine, some shelf wear, else a good copy. At head of title: "Republic of Viet-Nam, Department of National Education". OCLC locates 2 copies in..... More
Acts of the state of Ohio passed and revised, first session of the third general assembly. Begun and held at the town of Chillicothe, December 3, 1804 ... Volume I [all published]. Published by authority
Chillicothe: printed by N. Willis, printer to the state, 1805. 8vo, pp. lxxvi, 491, [1]; contemporary full calf, red leather label on spine; some cracking and wear, text toned; all else very good. On the upper cover is penned: "To the township clerk of Springfield and his persons." The first..... More
Acts, resolves and reports [spine title]. At the General Assembly of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, begun and holden by adjournment, at Newport ... on the first Wednesday of May [1841 through January, 1843].
[Providence: publisher not identified, 1841-43.]. 8vo, 10 so-called session reports individually paginated, all but three signed in ink at the end by Henry Bowen, as Secretary of the General Assembly, for May, June and October, 1841; January, March, April, May, June and October, 1842; and January, 1843; 10 folding tables;..... More