St. Anthony & Minneapolis: Croffut & Clark, 1859. First edition of the first directory of Minneapolis, 8vo, pp. [6], [15]-162, [2]; numerous advertisements throughout; later black cloth, with the insertion of 5 postcard photographs (one with the stamp of Edward Bromley) on the endpapers and paste-downs, a number of early... More
London: Charles Whiting, 1846. 2 volumes, small folio, pp. x, 960 (continuous pagination); orig. green cloth; joints split, covers nearly loose on vol. I; ex-MHS. With long sections on the manufactures, agriculture, fisheries, whale fishery, m ining, climate, population, etc. of the U.S.A. More
Chicago: Henry Taylor & Co. 1915. First edition, small folio, pp. [iii]-viii, 342; text in double column; 7 plates; one signature extended, several pages toward the back with occasional annotation in the margins, good and sound in publisher's half morocco, gilt-lettered spine. More
St. Paul & Philadelphia, 1860-1920. Volume I, 1902 (being a republication of the original "Annals," (all scarce in original editions, 1850-56); Vol. II, 1889 (a republication of Major Stephen H. Long's Voyage in a Six-Oared Skiff to the Falls of St. Anthony in 1817, with Introductory Note by Edward D.... More
St. Paul & Philadelphia, 1860-1920: 1902-1920. Volume I, 1902 (being a republication of the original "Annals," (all scarce in original editions, 1850-56); Vol. II, 1889 (a republication of Major Stephen H. Long's Voyage in a Six-Oared Skiff to the Falls of St. Anthony in 1817, with Introductory Note by Edward... More
n.p. 1926. 8vo, pp. [4]; blue cloth on boards with red label stamp, slightly worn. Not in OCLC. Bound with Comments on some current criticisms of land-value taxation reprinted from The taxation of unearned incomes by Harry Gunnison Brown. [Columbia, Mo.: Lucas Brothers, [ca. 1925]]. More
Washington: Government Printing Office, 1867. 8vo, pp. 532; charts, tables throughout; original cloth, gilt-lettered spine; upper cover damp stained, spine toned, corners a bit bumped; first and last few leaves heavily foxed, else interior fine. "Lurid details of Chivington's sickening massacre of unoffending Indians at Sand Creek, Colorado" (Howes C665)... More
Red Wing: Red Wing Printing Co. 1882. 8vo, pp. 14; orig. pink printed wrappers; slight fading at extremities, old library rubber-stamp on cover, else very good. Unusually nice copy. More
Phoenix: Herald Book & Job Print, 1891. First edition, 8vo, pp. 28; orig. green printed wrappers; about fine. With a contemporary presentation in an unidentified hand at the top of the front wrapper: "To the Hon. Ralph Carunn, Flagstaff, Arizona." This document was rejected by Congress in 1891, and expressed... More
[Washington, D.C., G.P.O.]: 1858. First Federal printing of the Minnesota Constitution, issued as Rep. Com. No. 21, 35th Congress, 1st Session, 8vo, 56pp., removed. Includes an abstract of the votes polled for and against the Constitution, hotly debated in the legislature, but here overwhelmingly approved by the voting population, 30,055... More
Harrisburgh: Boas & Coplan, 1839. First edition of the revised Pennsylvania Constitution of 1838, 8vo, 19-[20], 28 & [20]pp. (Sabin 60020 calling for just 28pp.), this copy adding the U.S. Constitution, and lists of members of the Pennsylvania Senate, House, Standing Committees, etc.; institutional bookplate marked withdrawn, old library sticker... More
Windham, Ct. Hawthorn House, n.d. [1938]. 12mo, printed in a limited edition of an unspecified number, pp. viii, 50, [2]; 2 postage stamps mounted as chapter vignettes; fine copy in orig. gray cloth, gilt label on spine. Ransom, Selective Checklists, p. 37. More
Philadelphia: 1936. Large folio, pp. 394; chiefly illustrations and color advertisements, photographic portrait plaits of members of the Roosevelt presidential cabinet, with tissue guards; original white pictorial wrappers; some wear from handling, else very good and sound. More
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Dorchester, MA: Walter Baker & Co., Ltd. 1913. Oblong 8vo, pp. 39, [1], followed by 6 high-quality chromolithograph plates of Walter Baker products; 5 other full-page illustrations; fine in original maroon cloth, gilt-lettered on upper cover. The educational exhibit consists of what presumably is a salesman's wooden lacquered case (approx... More
Detroit: Daily Free Press Printing House, 1860. 8vo, pp. 29; original printed wrappers (lightly soiled), some signs of edge wear, otherwise a very good copy. Annual report for the now long defunct Society, listing the presidents and officers of the board and addressing topics such as real estate, finances, lectures... More
Chicago: Chicago Library Club, 1933. 8vo; pp. 160; very good copy in original orange paper wrappers, pencil annotations throughout. More
Buffalo: Foster-Milburn Co., n.d. [ca. 1922]. 20.4 cm, pp. 32; illustrated; pages browning, else near fine in original pictorial wrappers. Directory for 1923. More
London: H.M.S.O. 1939. First edition, 8vo, pp. xxviii, 195; some soiling else near fine in orig. blue printed wrappers. Issued as Miscellaneous Document No. 9 (1939). More
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1935. First edition, limited to 2000, 4to, vol. 2, pp. 5-329, [21]; original black cloth, gold lettering on spine faded, small piece of front paste-down torn away near fore-edge not affecting cloth; else near fine. Includes articles by Beatrice Warde, Lawrence Wroth, Elmer Adler, D.B.... More
[Duluth: C.F. Johnson, Bookseller, 1888]. Oblong 8vo, [11] leaves of mounted black and white plates; original red decorative cloth stamped in black and gilt, unadorned spine, gray decorative endpapers. General shelf wear, fore- and bottom edge faded from damp, lacking front free endpaper, four of the plates loose but present... More
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Washington, D. C. G. P. O. [1901-02]. Thick 8vo, pp. [5]-893; 21 plates from photographs, 13 folding maps (11 printed in color), folding facsimile, last 5 leaves (latter part of index) defective with approx. 1/5 nibbled away, and lacking the title-page; freshly bound in recent full red cloth, gilt-lettered spine. More
Philadelphia: Conrad Zentler, 1817. First edition, thin 8vo, pp. 180, frontispiece and vignette title, text browned, some wear at extremities, else a near fine copy in full contemporary calf, red morocco label on spine. Devotional literature and meditations for the German American. American Imprints 40736. More
Franklin, NH: Peabody and Daniell, 1844. Large, thick 8vo, pp. [12], 5-82, [20] (i.e. "plates" A-T), [48] (i.e. "plates" I-XXIV), [976], 63 (index), [1], 83, [1] (concordance), [2]; 2 engraved frontispieces and 2 vignette title pages (O.T. and N.T.), 4 woodcut plates, 1 engraved plate, 2 engraved leaves of family... More
Worcester: Achille J. St. Onge, 1968. Edition limited to 2,000 copies printed by Joh. Enschede en Zonen Haarlem, Holland, (2 5/8 x 1 7/8; 68 x 47mm.); pp. 27, [1]; b & w portrait tipped in; very good in green calf gilt, a.e.g., publisher's plastic box. More
Chicago: 1938. Large folio (17"), being vol. 42 complete, 52 issues, each issue 12 pages, from January 1 to December 31, 1938; numerous illustrations throughout; a few marginal tears, in contemporary cloth-backed marbled boards; some toning of the paper, but in all, very good. "The official publication of the Chicago... More
