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American Showcase Volume 14 New York American Showcase 1991 Soft Cover As New 4to ....American Showcase Volume 14 in two books (1 of 2, 2 of 2) Book 1 & Book 2 total of 1290 pages of colored art and artist directory. Weight 12 lbs. 000024 Price:
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Book Review Digest (Digest only) New York H. W. Wilson Co. Hard Cover Very Good 4to .....Cloth Wrapped......The years available: 1945, 1947-1949, 1973, 1975, 1976, and 1981. Some Ex-Library,ALL SPINES TIGHT.....some modestly faded. 000051 Price:
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Sunshine at Home Battle Creek, Michigan Review and Herald Publishing House. 1883 Hard Cover Very Good Folio ....."Sparkling Pages for the Child, the Youth, the Parent. A Family Portfolio of Natural History, Biography, and Bible Scenes." ....ONE HUNDRED FIFTY ILLUSTRATIONS..... Corners and spine worn. GENERALLY GOOD CONDITION. 000103 Price:
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PUBLIC DOCUMENTS, RELATING TO THE NEW-YORK CANALS, WHICH ARE TO CONNECT THE WESTERN AND NORTHERN LAKES, WITH THE ATLANTIC OCEAN; New York William A. Mercein 1821 Hard Cover Good - Very Good 8vo FIRST EDITION....FULL LEATHER....lii, [484pp]...CONTEMPORARY CALF... Expertly rebacked with Original Boards.....Contains an In-depth Introduction by Charles G. Haines, the Corresponding Secretary of the New York Corresponding Association, with detailed information about this project as well as visionary commentary on the impact of completion of such an undertaking.... A VERY DETAILED COLOR FOLDING MAP entitled 'MAP AND PROFILE OF THE CHAMPLAIN CANAL AS MADE FROM LAKE CHAMPLAIN TO THE HUDSON RIVER"...Includes canal commissioner's reports and an introduction by Charles Glidden Haines...Map is Complete & Intact but there is foxing & toning present on the Map, as well as in the text...FOLD-OUT APPENDIX entitled "A detailed Statement of Contracts for Excavation and Embankment on Middle Section of the Erie Canal"...BOOKPLATE from Francis Baring, possibly from the Baring Brothers Banking lineage...SABIN 29551 HOWES H-18. 000123 Price:
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FARMERS' RECEIPT BOOK; And Pocket Farrier Concord, N.H. Fisk & Chase. 1831 Hard Cover Good + 12mo ....Being A Choice Selection Of The Most Approved And Valuable Receipts, Designed For The Benefit Of Farmers, And Heads Of Families Generally......HALF LEATHER....[214pp].... Rubbed....soiled....pages browned... 000150 Price:
70.00 USD
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REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF PATENTS, FOR THE YEAR 1850. PART I. ARTS AND MANUFACTURES. Washington. Office of Printers to House of Reps. 1851 First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall ... [473pp]... Marbled paper covered boards, black leather spine with gilt lettering... Contents include Finances and Statistics, Inventions and Claims, Examiners' and Machinist's Reports, Historical Notices of Inventors and Patentees, Aboriginal Arts, Early Machinery in America, Communications, & Abstracts from State Papers... House of Representatives... ILLUSTRATED WITH SEVERAL B/W ENGRAVINGS... Occassional light foxing and toning... Moderate shelf wear... 006068 Price:
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"ECHO" MUSHROOM PLANT (MANUSCRIPT). Troy, New York. Hard Cover Good+ 12mo ...{24pgs]...HANDWRITTEN WITH ILLUSTRATIONS IN PENCIL...FULL LEATHER DIARY...ILLUSTRATIONS ARE DETAILED AND SHOW PROFESSIONALISM IN EXECUTION...Paper label with title on cover.. Leather covers worn and slightly frayed at spine ends... RARE! 000386 Price:
100.00 USD
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SOUTHERN NOTES FOR CIRCULATION. Boston THAYER & ELDRIDGE 1860 Hard Cover Very Fine 12mo ....[132pgs]...NOTES written from Oct.1859 thru April 1860 discussing SOUTHERN SOCIETY INCLUDING SLAVERY...Sabin 88421...PAMPHLET BOUND INTO MODERN CONTEMPORARY MARBLED BOARDS....FINE CONDITION. 000392 Price:
150.00 USD
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VIRGINIA CAMPAIGN OF GENERAL POPE IN 1862. VOLUME II ONLY. Boston Ticknor & Company 1886 Hard Cover Very Good Ex-Library 8vo ...[394pp].. 8 FOLD-OUT MAPS...CONTEMPORARY BINDINGS IN GREEN CLOTH WITH GILT ON SPINE...Papers read before the Military Historical Society of Massachusetts in 1876, 1877, and 1880.... From the Sturgis Library... Covers spotted... Front edge of textblock is somewhat foxed..TEXT IS CLEAN. 000401 Price:
60.00 USD
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TABLE OF THE POST OFFICES OF THE UNITED STATES, ARRANGED BY STATES AND COUNTIES. Washington, D.C. 1831 Soft Cover Very Good Ex-Library 12mo ...[359pp]...PAPER WRAPS...1/4 CLOTH BINDING...EX-COLLECTORS CLUB LIBRARY...With a supplement stating the offices established between the 1st October, 1830 and the first of April, 1831...Also an INDEX to the whole...By direction of the Postmaster General...With minor faults including the last page, 359, reproduced in facsimile...CLEAN. 000422 Price:
95.00 USD
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FOUR-FOOTED FAVOURITES: OR, STORIES ABOUT PETS. T. Nelson and Sons. London. 1862 Hard Cover Fair 16mo ...[192pp]...3 STEEL ENGRAVINGS, 2 ARE COLORED....OWNER'S BOOKPLATE READS SUSAN D.L. COOPER (PROBABLY THE NEICE OF JAMES FENIMORE COOPER)... GILT DECORATION ON BLUE CLOTH COVERS...ALL EDGES GILT...Well worn but good provenance. 000450 Price:
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NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER. Boston. Sampson, Davenport & Co. 1885 Hard Cover Very Good 8vo ...182pp...WITH ADS...B/w FOLDING MAP of New England... A concise description of the Cities, Towns, County Seats, Villages, and Post-offices, with their location, and Population as given b y the United States Census of 1880, showing the Railroad Stations, Telegraph and Money Order Offices, compiled from the latest Official Reports and Records... Brown cloth covers with GILT TITLE ON SPINE...Text clean...MAP IS IN VERY GOOD CONDITION. 000643 Price:
75.00 USD
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LIBERTY SQUARE WAREHOUSE CO. 1826-1922. Boston Houghton, Mifflin & Company 1907 Hard Cover Very Good 4to ....FULL LEATHER...MANUSCRIPT... SECRETARIAL RECORDS PERTAINING TO THE DIRECTORS' AND PROPRIETORS' MEETINGS... THIS COMPANY WAS A REAL ESTATE HOLDING COMPANY WHICH OWNED A KEY SECTION OF THE C ENTER OF BOSTON.... ITS OWNERS INCLUDED MANY WELL KNOWN BOSTONIANS OF THE 19TH CENTURY. PRESIDENTS OF LIBERTY SQUARE WAREHOUSE CO. INCLUDED SUCH NOTABLE FIGURES AS HARRISON G. OTIS, ABBOTT LAWRENCE, AMO S A. LAWRENCE, AND WILLIAM MASON. IT IS A UNIQUE SUMMATION OF THE 19TH CENTURY BUSINESS HISTORY OF THIS SECTION OF BOSTON INCLUDING THE GREAT BOSTON FIRE OF 1872. MEETING NOTICES FROM THE NEWSPAPERS, PRINTED DOCUMENTS, AND OTHER TYPED RECORDS ARE INCLUDED. Leather worn and chipped. Binding tight. 000681 Price:
750.00 USD
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Microscope. A. H. Maltby & Co. New Haven. 1820 Three-Quarter Leather Very Good 8vo ...2 Volumes in 1; 200pp., 200pp. EDITED BY A FRATERNITY OF GENTLEMEN. Includes 50 bi-weekly issues(not related to the instrument) from March 21, 1820 thr ough September 8, 1820. Illustrated. Vol. 2 includes errata and index. Presented to the Fairfield County Historical Society in January 1890. Marbled boards. Top of spine chipped. Moderate foxing. Hinges cracked but tight. 000712 Price:
210.00 USD
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ATLANTIC SOUVENIR: A CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR'S GIFT. New York Leavitt & Allen. Hard Cover Very Good 8vo ...263pp...1 additional page with a poem entitled "Guess My Name!"...FULL LEATHER...RED LEATHER COVER... EXTREMELY ORNATE GILT DECORATED COVERS & SPINE... ALL EDGES ARE GILT. VERY COLORFUL & DECORATIVE TITLE PAGE... SEVERAL PHOTOGRAPHIC ILLUSTRATIONS WITHIN... Book edges slighty chipped and worn, some foxing within... Corners are bumped.. Previous owners' name & address on fep. 000788 Price:
150.00 USD
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ATLANTIC MONTHLY. A MAGAZINE OF LITERATURE, ART, AND POLITICS. VOLUME 1 & 2. Boston Phillips, Sampson and Company. 1858 Hard Cover Very Good 8vo Half-Leather...892pp., 900pp.. VOLUME I NOVEMBER 1857 - MAY 1858, VOLUME II JUNE 1858 - DECEMBER 1858. MARBLED BOARDS. Previous owners bookplate. Ex-library however few markings. Covers and spine worn. Internally very light foxing but overall clean. THESE FIRST TWO VOLUMES OF THIS MAGAZINE CONTAIN THE ORIGINAL START TO A MAGAZINE THAT HAS LASTED OVER A CENTURY. A SUPERB STOREHOUSE OF LITERARY LIFE DURING THAT CENTURY. 000903 Price:
200.00 USD
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LE MONDE ILLUSTRE. TOME 26 & 27, 1870. Paris Direction et Administration. 1870 Hard Cover Very Good Folio ...1/4 LEATHER...420pp., 436pp....RENOWN WEEKLY FRENCH JOURNAL PROFUSELY ILLUSTRATED. TOME 26 - JANVIER - JUIN, 1870. TOME 27 - JUILLET- DECEMBRE, 1870. ORNE DE NOMBR EUSES GRAVURES D' ACTUALITE. PARTIE LITTERAIRE INCLUDES MM.GUSTAVE AYMARD, ACHILLE ARNAUD, XAVIER AUBRYET, ETC. PARTIE ARTISTIQUE INCLUDES MM. DE BERARD, BERTALL, BERTRAND, BOCOURT, CHAM ,ETC. 1870 W A S THE YEAR OF THE FRANCO PRUSSIAN WAR AND THE SIEGE OF PARIS. MANY ILLUSTRATIONS ABOUT THE SUFFERING OF THE CITIZENS AND THE MILITARY ACTIVITIES OF THAT YEAR INCLUDING TWO BALLOON ILLUSTRATIONS. Attractive large folio with green boards and leather spine... BINDINGS TIGHT & NEWSPAPER REMARKABLY CLEAN...MARBLED ENDPAPERS...Corners worn. 000926 Price:
300.00 USD
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SIX MONTHS IN A HOUSE OF CORRECTION, OR THE NARRATIVE OF DORAH MAHONY. Boston Benjamin B. Mussey. 1835 Hard Cover Very Good 16mo ...201pp...DORAH MAHONY WAS UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF THE PROTESTANTS ABOUT A YEAR, AND AN INMATE OF THE HOUSE OF CORRECTION, IN LEVERETT ST., BOSTON. IRISH HISTORY IN AMERICA.... Brown stamped covers.... GILT SPINE TITLE, minor foxing... Described as follows "Although "Six Months in a House of Correction' appears to be a Catholic counter to Rebecca Reed's expose, it is actually a vicious parody that spares neither Catholics nor Protestants." 000952 Price:
65.00 USD
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FOREIGN QUARTERLY REVIEW NO. LII - FOR JANUARY 1841. New York. Jemima M. Mason. 1841 Soft Cover Good 4to ....PRINTED WRAPPERS....270pp....THEODORE FOSTER'S EDITION.... Republication of the London, Edinburgh, Foreign and Westminster Quarterly Reviews...No. CVII...American Edition Vol. XIII., No. II...Article on Slavery and the Establishment of the Free Colony of Liberia...ADS ON BACK COVER...Some soiling and corner wear. 000978 Price:
25.00 USD
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STATISTICS OF THE FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC COMMERCE OF THE UNITED STATES: EMBRACING... Washington Government Printing Office 1864 Hard Cover Very Good 8vo ...vii, 222pp....A HISTORICAL REVIEW AND ANALYSIS OF FOREIGN COMMERCE FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE GOVERNMENT ETC...COMMUNICATED BY THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY IN ANSWER TO A RESOLUTION OF THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES MARCH 12, 1863....INCLUDES B/W STATISTICAL MAP 14 1/2' x 19 1/2'....MANY TABLES AND CHARTS...Green covers lightly soiled....Title faded on spine. 001011 Price:
95.00 USD
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Journal of the Proceedings of the Bishops, Clergy, and Laity, of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America; in a Convention, Held in the City of New York, From Tuesday, September 11, to Tuesday, September 18, 1804. New York 1804 Soft Cover Very Good 8vo ...47pp...LISTS ALL PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CLERGY IN THE US...Wraps worn, chipped, slightly tattered. 001167 Price:
65.00 USD
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SCRIPT BOOK. Hard Cover. Good + 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall ... Pre-American Revolution, ca. 1772... Property of a Rufus Lincoln of Wareham, Massachusetts... Includes practical mathematical problems, penmanship, and several financial dealings of a schoolboy... Worn and incomplete... Bound in marbled paper covered boards(corners worn) with faux leather spine strip... 006059 Price:
115.00 USD
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Minister's Diary Full-Leather Very Good 8vo ...242pp...A MINISTER'S COLLECTION OF SERMONS DURING THE 1800'S...GERMAN TEXT...WRITTEN IN VERY SMALL SCRIPT...REBACKED WITH ORIGINAL LEATHER BOARDS...Corners and edges worn. 001358 Price:
75.00 USD
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Inauguralis Conclusionum Juridicarum Centuria De Regali Postarum Ivre, Quam Celebratissimi... Frankfurt Sigismundi Latemi 1638 Full-Leather Very Good 12mo ...128pp...ICtorumininclyta, qua Marpurgi Cattorum est. Universitate Collegii authoritate decreto...pro Summis in Utroque Jure honoribus & privilegiis digne rireque obtinendis ... publico ad diem... Octobris, Anni era Christiane MDCXXXVIII. Examini exasciandam, eo, quo par est debito committit...LUDOVICUS VON HORNIGS/S.Caef. Maj. & Ill Principis Pal. Veldentini Consil. Comes Pal. C. nec non Phil. Medicinaeque Doctor & Reip. Francof. Physicus ordin....Chremes Tetentianus e Flotii. Christ. Lehmanni.... Nonlicet Hominemesse ita sape, ut vult. fires non finis : Nunc ita tempus eft ut HOC velim, olim nil minu. LATIN TEXT THROUGHOUT...CONTEMPORARY LEATHER BINDING...Toned 001513 Price:
300.00 USD
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Signals of 1943 Boston 1943 Hard Cover Very Good 4to ...134pp...CLASS BOOK OF SIGNAL CORPS ENLISTED RESERVISTS ATTENDING PRE-SERVICE RADIO COURSE AT BOSTON PUBLIC LATIN SCHOOL AND BOSTON TEACHERS COLLEGE...DEDICATED TO COL. JAMES H. VAN HORN...FOREWORD BY JOHN A. FOX, DIRECTOR OF TRAINING...MAROON COVER EMBOSSED WITH WHITE AND RED FLAGS. 001521 Price:
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WINCHESTER & POTOMAC RAILROAD, HOUSE OF REPRSENTATIVES, DOC. NO. 465, 25TH CONGRESS, 2D SESSION. Washington. Thomas Allen, Printer. 1838 First Edition Hard Cover Very Good 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall ... [60pp]... Original pamphlet newly bound in brown cloth, paper title label on front cover... ILLUSTRATED WITH LARGE FOLDING MAP (21"x 27") OF THE ROUTES EXAMINED AND SURVEYED FOR THE WINCHESTER AND POTOMAC RAILROAD, STATE OF VIRGINIA UNDER THE DIRECTION OF CAPT. J. D. GRAHAM U.S. TOP ENG. 1831 AND 1832... W&PRR was an historic railroad in the Southern United States, which ran from Winchester, Virginia to the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad junction at Harpers Ferry on the Potomac River. It played a key role in early train raids of the B&ORR during the beginning months of the American Civil War... See Modelski's "RAILROAD MAPS OF NORTH AMERICA, THE FIRST HUNDRED YEARS ", PUBLISHED BY THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 1984...This is the fourth earliest listing by Modelski...Light foxing... 006345 Price:
450.00 USD
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Candy Industry Catalog and Formula Book 1948 Edition New York Candy Industry 1948 Hard Cover Very Good 4to ...250pp...DIRECTORY OF FOOD PRODUCTS...ABSTRACT OF FOOD LAWS APPLYING TO CANDY...250 CANDY FORMULAS...ENCYCLOPEDIA OF CANDY PRODUCTION...FACTUAL DATA OF EVERY DAY USE...ILLUSTRATED...Edgewear. Minor soiling to endpapers. 001632 Price:
68.00 USD
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In The Maine Woods Bangor, Maine 1922 Hard Cover Fine 8vo ...100pp.plus 61pp. ads..PUBLISHED BY THE PASSENGER DEPARTMENT OF THE BANGOR & AROOSTOOK RAILROAD COMPANY, GEORGE M. HOUGHTON GENERAL PASSENGER AGENT...LARGE COLOR FOLDING MAP...MANY MAPS AND ILLUSTRATIONS... 001658 Price:
205.00 USD
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Our National Cathedrals (The Richest Architecture Heritage of the British Nation) Their History and Architecture From Their Foundation to Modern Times 3 Volumes. London Ward, Lock and Company Three-Quarter Leather Very Good 4to ...VOLUME I : 1887- xii, 240pp., VOLUME 2 : 1888 - xii, 296pp., VOLUME 3 : 1889 - xii, 292pp....LAVISHLY ILLUSTRATED WITH SEPERATE COLORED PLATES REPRODUCED FROM FINE STEEL ENGRAVINGS, AND VERY MANY ORIGINAL WOOD ENGRAVINGS IN THE TEXT, THUS FULLY ILLUSTRATING ALL THE CATHEDRALS FROM MANY POINTS OF VIEW...COMPILED AND REVISED WITH THE AID OF DIGNITARIES OF THE ANGLICAN CHURCH... FRONTISPIECE IN EACH VOLUME...CORDOVAN LEATHER WITH 6 COMPARTMENTS...GILT DECORATED SPINES WITH BLACK TITLE LABELS...ILLUSTRATIONS, BOTH COLOR AND B/W, ARE CLEAN AND BRIGHT...Spines slightly dimmed due to sunning. Some edge wear and scuffing. OVERALL A VERY HANDSOME SET. 001665 Price:
684.00 USD
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Pratt and Whitney Engine Handbook. 2 Handbooks (Wasp and Hornet) Bound Together Hartford, Ct. Pratt and Whitney Aircraft Company 1928 Soft Cover Very Good 8vo ...Wasp Handbook - 132pp., Hornet Handbook - 214pp...WITH MANY FOLD-OUT CHARTS AND DIAGRAMS AND B/W ILLUSTRATIONS FOR INSTALLATION AND OPERATION INSTRUCTIONS..ALSO BOUND IN - ECLIPSE SERIES "6" AVIATION ENGINE STARTER INSTRUCTION BOOK#2 WITH DIAGRAMS; SCINTILLA AIRCRAFT MAGNETO PARTS LIST AND INSTRUCTION BOOK WITH DIAGRAMS ; INSTRUCTIONS ON THE STROMBERG MODEL NA-Y7A CARBURETOR WITH DIAGRAMS; AND INSTALLATION AND OPERATION INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE AEROMARINE INERTIA STARTER WITH DIAGRAMS...Two handbooks bound together with thick blue cardstock covers. Black lettering on cover as well as the Pratt Whitney seal stamped on cover... 001834 Price:
120.00 USD
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Bulletin of the Boston Public Library Vol. II Numbers 88-91, April 1892 - January 1893. Boston Published By the Trustees 1893 Soft Cover Very Good 4to ...262-346pp...SHOWING TITLES OF BOOKS ADDED TO THE BOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY WITH BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES, ETC....ISSUED QUARTERLY... ROCKWELL AND CHURCHILL CITY PRINTERS, BOSTON...INCLUDES LARGE FOLD-OUT ORIGINAL FACSIMILE MEASURING 18" x 51 1/4"(detached but placed in rear) OF THE PAROLE OF OFFICERS OF BURGOYNE'S ARMY AFTER THE SURRENDER AT SARATOGA, OCTOBER 1777( Paper somewhat fragile and repaired with document tape)...PRESENTED TO THE BOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY BY J. WINGATE THORNTON, DECEMBER 20, 1864. HE WAS GIVEN THE PAROLES BY THE GRANDSON OF MAJ. GEN. HEATH...Blue wraps with black lettering have some chipping and edgewear. 001889 Price:
75.00 USD
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History Lehigh Coal and Navigation , 1840; Rpts. To Stockholders 1840-1, 45-47; Report Schuylkill Navigation , 1842-44, 46; Report Philadelphia & Reading RailRoad , 1844, 46-47; Report Chesapeake and Delaware Canal , 1842-43, 46-47. Philadelphia Three-Quarter Leather Very Good 8vo ...PAMPHLETS BOUND TOGETHER IN A SINGLE 3/4 LEATHER BOUND VOLUME OF ANNUAL REPORTS TO STOCKHOLDERS...OVER 400 PAGES INCLUDING LISTS OF OFFICERS, BUILDING ACTIVITIES, COSTS, PROJECTED REVENUES, ETC...RED TITLE LABEL ON LEATHER SPINE...Foxing on some reports however most are clean...RARE UNUSUAL ITEM... 001917 Price:
395.00 USD
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Great Metropolis: Or New-York Almanac for 1850. New York H.Wilson 1850 Hard Cover Very Good 24mo. ...xxv(ads), 142pp., 28pp.(street & avenue directory)...FOLD-OUT MAP OF NEW YORK...MANY ILLUSTRATIONS...PUBLISHED ANNUALLY, SIXTH PUBLICATION... JOHN F. TROW, PRINTER AND STEREOTYPER...STAMPED BOARDS WITH GILT TITLE ON COVER. Worn but very intact. Stain on back endpaper. GREAT ADS INFORMATION. 001919 Price:
200.00 USD
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Harvard College. Portraits. Class of '66. 1866-1906. Boston The Heliotype Co. Hard Cover Very Good 8vo ...CLASS OF '66. 40TH ANNIVERSARY...EACH PAGE HAS OVAL CLASS PICTURE ACCOMPANIED BY CURRENT1906 PHOTO OF GRADUATE(where it was available) WITH NAME PRINTED BELOW..132 PHOTOS...INCLUDES DATE OF PASSING IF APPLICABLE...ALSO INCLUDES PHOTOS OF NON GRADUATES...No text. Red covers with gilt title on cover and Harvard seal on back cover. 001981 Price:
125.00 USD
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Essex Institute Historical Collections Vol. LXVIII - October, 1932. Salem, Ma. Essex Institute 1932 Soft Cover Very Good 8vo ...iv, 289-413pp...Issued Quarterly...ICLUDES "REMINISCENCES OF CHARLES B. GEORGE, OF HAVERHILL, AN OLD-TIME CONDUCTOR ON THE BOSTON & MAINE RAILROAD" BY FRANCIS B.C. BRADLEE, "THE ESSEX MUSICAL ASSOCIATION", LIST OF AMERICAN VESSELS AT ARCHANGEL, 1810-1811", ETC...Small chip on back cover. Some pages uncut. 002151 Price:
20.00 USD
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Essex Institute Historical Collections. January 1951- October 1977. Salem, Ma. Essex Institute Soft Cover Very Good 8vo ...26 Quarterly issues from January of 1951 through October of 1977...INCLUDES JAN. 1951, NO. 1 ; OCT. 1960, VOL.4 ; 1961 - VOL.1,2,4 ; 1962 - VOL. 3,4 ; 1963 - VOL. 1,4 ; 1964 - VOL. 1,2,3,4 ; 1966 - VOL. 1,2 ; 1967 - VOL. 1,2 ; 1968 - VOL. 1,2 ; 1969 - VOL. 1,2,4 ; 1970 - VOL. 2 ; 1977 - VOL. 4...$9.50 EACH. 002167 Price:
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Great Metropolis: Or New York Almanac for 1851. New York. H. Wilson. Hard Cover Good + 24mo. ...xiv, 189pp...Published Annually, Seventh Publication...Very good directory & guide to New York City...Green cloth boards with GILT LETTERING ON FRONT COVER...30 PLUS PAGES OF ILLUSTRATED, ADVERTISEMENTS AND MANY ILLUSTRATIONS OF NEW YORK AND ITS' STRUCTURES...Some foxing inside cover, minor shelfwear and small cloth holes along spine edge...No map present...TEXT COMPLETE & VERY GOOD. 002207 Price:
65.00 USD
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Maine Register State Year Book and Legislative Manual, No. 60. Portland, Maine. Fred L. Tower Companies. 1929 Hard Cover Good + 12mo ...1893pp...INCLUDES MANY PAGES OF ADVERTISEMENTS, SOME OF WHICH ARE ILLUSTRATED...Published Annually...Black cloth boards...Dampstains/yellowing to some pgs. but TEXT IS NOT AFFECTED...Front hinge cracked but holding....Some wear to covers and lettering...TEXT IS CLEAN. 002210 Price:
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Edition De Luxe: Essays of Joseph Addison. London The Roger De Coverley Club. Three-Quarter Leather Good + 8vo ...xxiii, 349pp...Chosen & Edited by John Richard Green, M.A., LL.D....LIMITED EDITION...Only 1000 copies printed...RED LEATHER COVER WITH MARBLED BOARDS & ENDPAPERS...GILT DECORATED & LETTERED SPINE...Heavily docketed reading copy...Spine is torn but holding. 002214 Price:
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Art of Drawing and Painting. London and New York The Butterick Publishing Co. 1892 Soft Cover Good + 4to ...183PP., plus 1 page ads...INSTRUCTIONAL MANUAL FROM THE ELEMENTS OF DRAWING AND WATER-COLOR SKETCHING TO MORE AMBITIOUS DECORATIVE WORK IN OILS, AND IN FASCINATING FIELD OF CHINA-PAINTING...FAUX ALLIGATOR SKIN BOARDS WITH RED AND GILT DECORATION...PROFUSELY ILLUSTRATED... Some toning. Chips at spine ends. 002274 Price:
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W. E. SHAW'S SPENCER, BROOKFIELDS AND WARREN DIRECTORY, 1899. INCLUDING A COMPLETE DIRECTORY OF INHABITANTS OF SPENCER, BROOKFIELD, EAST BROOKFIELD, NORTH BROOKFIELD, WEST BROOKFIELD, WARREN AND WEST WARREN, MASS., WITH A MAP OF SPENCER....VOLUME I. Boston, MA. W. E. Shaw, Compiler and Publisher. 1899 First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall ... "ALSO, ALPHABETICALLY ARRANGED LIST OF BUSINESS FIRMS, SOCIETIES, INSTITUTIONS, TOWN OFFICERS, ETC."... [220pp]... Rebacked with original paper covered boards with business advertisements, cloth spine... Heavily illustrated with B/W advertisements... INCLUDES A BIRD'S-EYE VIEW MAP OF NEW YORK CITY IN COLOR SHOWING ALL STEAMER DOCKS, FERRIES, ELEVATED AND CABLE ROADS, AND ALL CROSS-TOWN ROADS... Some leaves of color... ALSO HAS FOLDING MAP OF SPENCER THAT IS FRAMED WITH BUSINESS ADVERTISEMENTS... 006142 Price:
100.00 USD
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DOCKHAM'S AMERICAN REPORT AND DIRECTORY OF THE TEXTILE MANUFACTURE AND DRY GOODS TRADE EMBRACING THE COTTON, WOOLEN, SILK, JUTE, LINEN AND KNIT GOODS MANUFACTURERS UNITED STATES, CANADA, MEXICO. 1909. Boston. Dockham Publishing Company. 1909 Hard Cover. Good + 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall ... [43, xvi, 704, 6pp]... Green cloth boards with bright gilt lettering and design stamped into front cover, red cloth corners and spine with gilt lettering... Heavily illustrated with B/W business advertisements... 22nd edition, 43rd year... Shelfwear... Dampstaining to back board as well as last pages...Heavy volume, additional shipping and handling will apply... 006141 Price:
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PAPER MILL DIRECTORY OF THE WORLD. A COMPLETE CATALOGUE OF ALL THE PAPER AND PULP MILLS ON THE GLOBE. Springfield Clark & Bryan & Co. 1887 Hard Cover Very Good 8vo ...[ a-t, 321 pgs., plus ads]...ISSUED ANNUALLY...ADS ILLUSTRATED IN B/W ... DETAILED LISTING OF ALL PAPER COMPANIES HERE AND ABROAD. SOME DESCRIPTIONS INCLUDE LOCATION OF COMPANY, POPULATION OF CITY, DATE COMPANY WAS FOUNDED, TYPE OF PAPER MADE AT EACH MILL, ETC...Text, somewhat aged, is framed in red ink on each page....Black cloth boards(slight wrinkle) with gilt lettering(faded) on cover...SCARCE, NO RECENT LISTING ON NET... 006102 Price:
250.00 USD
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SPENCER, CHARLTON, BROOKFIELD, WARREN AND BRIMFIELD, MASS., DIRECTORY, 1904-1906. VOL. III. EMBRACING A COMPLETE DIRECTORY OF THE INHABITANTS, WITH VALUATIONS, NUMBER OF ACRES ASSESSED, AND OTHER MISC. INFO. INCLUDES MONSON DIRECTORY 1904-1906 VOL. VI.. Malden Station, Boston. W. E. Shaw, Compiler and Publisher. Hard Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall ... [381pp]... Green paper covered boards, black cloth spine with gilt lettering, boards covered with business advertisements... Heavily illustrated with B/W business advertisments, engravings, etc... Some leaves of color... Lacks map of Spencer...MONSON DIRECTORY INCLUDES WILBRAHAM...Minimal shelf wear... SCARCE... 006140 Price:
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Catalogue of Paintings By Joaquin Sorolla Y Bastida. New York The Hispanic Society of America 1909 Soft Cover Very Good 8vo ...154PP...EXHIBITED BY THE HISPANIC SOCIETY OF AMERICA FEBRUARY 8 TO MARCH 8, 1909...WITH INTRODUCTION BY LEONARD WILLIAMS...FOURTH IMPRESSION, 5000 COPIES...JOAQUIN SOROLLA WAS BORN IN SPAIN IN 1863...ILLUSTRATED... Paper spine worn and covers soiled. 002359 Price:
125.00 USD
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Pageant Of Hollis Hall 1763 - 1913 Cambridge, MA The University Press. 1913 Soft Cover Very Good 12mo ...48pp...A Pageant Given June 14, 1913 In Celebration Of The One Hundred And Fiftieth Anniversary Of The Building Of The Hall...Text Written And Staged By George P. Baker, '87...Music Specially Arranged By Dr. A. T. Davison, '06...A Song Written For The Pageant by C. T. Ryder, '06...and an Anthem Composed By P. L. Atherton, '93...A FEW B/W PHOTOS...Red Paper Wraps...spine sunned. 002391 Price:
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BOSTON & WORCESTER RAIL-ROAD (RAILROAD) CORPORATION. 1867 Very Good. ... This is an issued and cancelled 8 1/4" x 8 3/4" stock certificate, No. 12779, 2 shares, bought for $200... ISSUED TO CHARLES HUDSON, A U.S. REPRESENTATIVE FROM MASSACHUSETTS WHO SERVED IN THE MASSACHUSETTS STATE SENATE, WAS A MEMBER OF THE MASSACHUSETTS STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION, AND WAS ELECTED TO CONGRESS... Stock is illustrated with B/W engraved scene of the railway repair sheds across the top portion of the paper... Coporate seal of the railroad company stamped on lower corner... IMPRINTED ON GOVERNMENT REVENUE PAPER WITH THE EAGLE TYPE T STAMP NO. RN-T4 ACCORDING TO THE SCOTT CATALOGUE... Minor folding creases... BOS-892-S53 ic (Cox's Stocks and Bonds of North American Railroads)... 006139 Price:
125.00 USD
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BOSTON & WORCESTER RAIL-ROAD (RAILROAD) CORPORATION STOCK CERTIFICATE. 1867 Very Good. ... This is an issued and cancelled 8 1/4" x 8 3/4" stock certificate, No. 13327, 40 shares, bought for $4000... Signed by Ginery Twichell, President of the Boston and Worcester Railroad, Republican Representative for Massachusetts for 3 consecutive terms, and President of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway... IMPRINTED ON GOVERNMENT REVENUE PAPER WITH THE EAGLE TYPE T STAMP NO. RN-T4 ACCORDING TO THE SCOTT CATALOGUE... Stock is illustrated with B/W engraved scene of the railway repair sheds across the top portion of the paper... Corporate seal of the railroad company stamped on lower corner... Minor folding creases... BOS-892-S53 ic from Cox's Stocks and Bonds of North American Railroads... 006138 Price:
125.00 USD
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REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF PATENTS FOR THE YEAR 1853. PART I. ARTS AND MANUFACTURES. Washington. Beverley Tucker, Printer to the Senate. 1854 First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall ... [510pp]... Purple cloth boards, stamped, gilt lettering on spine... Contents include Financial Transactions, etc., Classified List of Expired Patents, Alphabetical List of Expired Patents, Classified List of Patents Issued, Alphabetical List of Patents Issued, Descriptions and Claims... B/W ILLUSTRATED DRAWINGS THROUGHOUT... Senate...Binding slightly faded... Foxing to endpapers only... 006072 Price:
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