Gary, Indiana: The Class of 1925. Oblong. Later called the Emersonian, it is incorrectly reported in most sources that 1925 was the last year when Emerson High School remained an all white school. As this yearbook shows, however, there was one black student, Frances Anderson (p. 46), who came in... More about The "E" Emerson High School, Vol, XV
Flagstaff, AZ: Northland Press, 1983. First Edition. Soft Cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 8vo., 55pp. Illustrated checklist of artist members, with photograph, biographical sketch and signature facsimile. Each artist includes samples of recent paintings or sculpture. In illustrated wraps. More about 18th Exhibition, Cowboy Artists of America 1983
Neosho, Missouri: Inter-State Service Company, 1967. Octavo. 283 pages, spiral-bound. This is composed entirely of the advertisements for the chief detective agencies in the world. Lawyers, Gangsters, and ordinary criminals who traveled considered this a useful reference. The advertisements for their services stress criminal, divorce, as well as civil and... More about 1967 International Directory of Detective Agencies; the World's Official Detective Blue Book
Flagstaff, AZ: Northland Press, 1984. First Edition. Soft Cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 8vo., ~55pp. Illustrated checklist of artists, their photograph and biographical sketch. Paitings and sculptures. In illustrated wraps. More about 19th Exhibition. Cowboy Artists of America 1984
Joseph Howell, paymaster for the Delaware Regiment writes concerning a letter to Eleazer McComb, who had been the Privy Counselor, about an inquiry he had received from Captain William McKennan regarding depreciation for Lt. Colonel Pope in regards to payments made to the Regiment from March 1778 to April 1780... More about 2 Page Bifolium Handwritten Letter from John Howell to Elezer McComb, July 28, 1792
Flagstaff, AZ: Northland Press, 1987. First Edition. Soft Cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 8vo., ~55pp. Illustrated checklist of artists, with photograph, biographical sketch, and example of paintings or sculptures. Price list for Phoenix Art Museum sale. In illustrated wraps. More about 22nd Annual Exhibition, Cowboy Artists of America 1987, with Price List for Phoenix Art Museum Sale
Muroto, Japan: The Institute of Cetacean Research, 2005. First Edition. Decorated Boards. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 110pp. A promotional package to support continued whaling harvests (in the face of world decline in whale stocks, and international pressure for conservation). Selected articles on traditional whaling in and around... More about The 3rd Summit of Japanese Traditional Whaling Communities
. M.B. Marcell of Oregon was the photographer who had already photographed the 1911 Pendleton Round up. He was famous for taking images of the horse both at his success and also of those shots as the horse dislodged him. He came in 1914 to take images of the Miles... More about 4 real Photograph Postcards of 1914 Miles City Round Up By Marcell
Australia (1977): Rigby Limited. First Edition. Quarto. 149pp. written and illustrated by Australia's Children. A marvelous look at the history of Australia through the eyes of children and illustrated with their imagination. Bound in orange pictorial cloth decorated in brown and white, spine lettering white, some fading to edges of... More about The Aboriginal Children's History of Australia
London: The Acorn, 1905. First Edition. Octavo. 152pp. (6)pp. ads. nicely illustrated with etchings, wood cuts and photogravures by H. G. Webb, Derwent Wood, Baron de Meyer, and Frank Brangwyn. A "little magazine" from the early 20th century. Poems and longer prose by W.B Yeats, Edmund Candler, G.K. Chesterton, Israfel..... More about The Acorn, an Illustrated Quarterly Magazine Devoted to Literature and Art
Saint Louis, MO: Washington University, 1859. First Edition. Stapled Wrap. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 8vo., 84pp. The words of the new Chancellor are a rich combination of scholarship in past histories, and optimism for the Nation. The pamphlet is covered in stiff, library wrapper, with black cloth... More about an Address at the Inauguration of Joseph G. Hoyt, LL. D. As Chancellor of Washington University,...
Geneva: World Health Organization, 1953. First Edition. Original Paper Back Version. Octavo. 276pp. Anthology of articles on zoonosis by experts in the field. Illustrated, tables, foldout charts. Outer panels darkened, with old Game & Fish department library number on spine. More about Advances in the Control of Zoonoses: Bovine Tuberculosis, Brucellosis, Leptospirosis, Q Fever,...
London; nd [ca. 1840]: J. L. Marks. 12mo. (8)pp. with several hand colored plates printed only on one side, bound in pictorial printed wrappers, previous owner's name dated 1840, some darkening to edges and soiling, spine with separation. A good copy of this very scarce, fragile and very early hand-colored... More about The Adventures of the Little Woman Her Dog and the Pedlar
1893. three-fold lithographic color ad for Moline Plow's Flying Dutchman Sulky Plow ( measuring approximately 8 7/8" x 5 9/16"), planned for the exhibit at the 1893 Chicago World's Fair the beautiful picture shows Chicago in the distance with a farmer in the foreground operating his Sulky Plow, and happy... More about Advertising) Moline Plow, Color Three-fold
[Sebaldus Mayer, Dilingae], 1570. Quarto. Title in red; fleuron, rule, and date in black, text printed in red and black throughout, with musical staves printed in red; Finely printed on heavy paper. )( )( 4, A-I4 K-U4 X-Z4 a-i4 k-o4 [o4 is a blank] (*3). Quite scarce liturgical text with... More about Agenda seu Obsequiale, simulaebenedictionale, iuxtaritum et normam ecclesiae et Episcopatus...
Chicago; 1942-1945: Philip Andrews Publishing. Quarto. Complete sets exist only in university libraries, here are 33 issues bound in 6 heavy duty bindings. These were, of course, the best unclassified works on military aviation and included enormous detail in the B-17, B-24 and B-25 issues. Articles by major generals and... More about Air Tech; the Magazine of Aircraft Maintenance and Operations, 1942-1945 bound in Six Large...
Pecatonica IL: Al Khamsa Inc., 1993. Hard Cover. Quarto. 671p. Beginning with a map showing the tribes of the Arabian peninsula, the book explains the origins of the Arabians (distinguishing them from thoroughbreds) with extensive pedigree and progreny index. An essential guide to the Al Khamsa Arabians in the United... More about Al Khamsa Arabians II; a Documentation of al Khamsa Arabians and Their History
14 1/2" X 10 1/2" Approx. Circa 1896-1897. Broadsheet printed on bothsides. There were two groups known as the Alabama Troubadours. The original (represented here) were those managed by C.H. Perkins. It advertised in New England from 1896 to 1897. They had moderate success attempting to put on shows in... More about The Alabama Troubadours and C.H. Perkins/A Band of Afro-American Celebrities (broadsheet
New York: Privately Printed, 1926. First Edition. 12mo. 135pp. Twenty essays in tribute by various friends; Ida M. Tarbell, Booth Tarkington, Edna Ferber and others, with tipped in pictorial plates. Facsimile of holographs on guest book page. Bound in blue paper covered boards backed in black cloth, spine lettering gilt... More about Albert A. Boyden, April 10, 1875 -- May 2, 1925. Reminiscences and Tributes By His Friends
1934. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Dutch text; 241p. A good copy of the set with both original paperwraps with maps and plans including many colored and some folding. Volume is a continuation of Nota van toelichting. More about Algemeen Uitbreidingsplan Van Amsterdam
Paris; 1867: Justus Perthes. 12mo. 1116p. book plate of Robert Robinson-Zwahr co-author of Die Bremerverwandtschaft in Deutschland und in Texas (the Bremers and their kin in Germany and in Texas) Six engraved portraits (Caroline, Princess of Royale de Saxe; Constantin, Grand Duke of Russia; Helene, Princess of Slevig-Holstein; Isabelle d'Orldeans... More about Almanach De Gotha; Annuaire Diplomatique et Statistique Pour L'annee 1867
Stockton, California; (1967): Jim Breen Books. Quarto. 68 pages. While the Haras De France is rare (OCLC records only the copy at Bibliothèque nationale), this copy is unrecorded in OCLC or NUC. This list of broodmares, and supplements of stallions here includes the name, the year of foaling, sire and... More about Alphabetical Listing of Broodmares in the French Studs in 1913: Together with a Supplement of...
Tulsa, OK: AICC, 1972. Quarto. 20p. Articles on Karl Bodmer, Robert Redbird, the Huhuwa (cross-legged) Kachina and a pictorial spread on the Osage. Staple bound in pictorial stiff paper wraps. Very nice. More about American Indian Crafts and Culture, December 1972
Philadelphia: Carey & Lea, 1832. Cloth. Octavo (7¾" - 9¾" tall). Limited. 551 pp. Dr. Valentine Mott's article on Extirpation of the Parotid Gland with two hand colored plates. Dealing with a penetrating wound of the abdomen by Zina Pitcher of the US Army. More about AMERICAN JOURNAL OF THE MEDICAL SCIENCES - VOL. X
New York: Collector's Bookshop, 1941. First Edition. Stapled Wraps. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 8vo., 31pp. Annotated checklist of collectable titles by women authors of inventory by famous bookshop. Many famous authors are includes (Alcott to Parker to Wylie) with unusal tibits on publishing history, inscriptions, and provenance... More about American Women Writers: Catalogue No. 12, April 1941. Collecor's Bookshop, 37 West 47 Street,...