Category: Americana

Harper's New Monthly Magazine No. CCCLXX March 1881 Vol. LXII No. 370

Price: $30.00

Publisher: New York, Harper & Brothers : 1881

Seller ID: 36826

Binding: Magazine

Condition: Very Good

Tan wrappers edgeworn and lightly thumbed, chipping at spine ends, a few pages have some discoloration spots, a fragile but complete copy. Page 556 continues the serialization of "Anne" by Constance Fenimore Woolson, grandniece of James Fenimore Cooper. ; MCN30246; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall
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Nelsons' Pictorial Guide-Books Salt Lake City, With a Sketch of the Route of the Central Pacific Railroad, from Omaha to Salt Lake City, and Thence to San Francisco

Price: $125.00

Publisher: London, Edinburgh, and New York, T. Nelson and Sons

Seller ID: 32850

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good- with no dust jacket

Red cloth boards worn on points, spotting to spine cloth. Gift inscription front endpaper, light foxing. Rear hinge cracked and missing right half of final chromolithograph (The Wahsatoh Mountain Range) otherwise complete copy of this early western travel guide. Includes frontis double page view of Salt Lake city looking south. Not dated, published c1873. Additional photographs available on request. ; MCN26858; 31 pp
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Patland Sept. 1, 1936 Guest Book

Price: $40.00

Publisher: Private Printing : 1936

Seller ID: 37368

Binding: Wooden

Condition: Very Good+ with no dust jacket

Wooden boards with metal hinges and leather cord, internally age toned with a few discoloration areas. Visitors guest book with first entry dated May 1, 1938 and last entry August 10, 1952. "Patland" is a cottage or summer home owned by Paul G. Patterson (1900-1969) and his wife Virginia Perkins Ragland. Probably located near Richmond, Virginia - one entry mentions the "Powhatan shore". Book has several entries and signatures of family members, friends and guests. Approximately 50 pages. ; MCN30606; 8vo 8" - 9" tall
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First Steamship Pioneers

By: A Committee of the Association

Price: $1,100.00

Publisher: San Francisco, H. S. Crocker & Company : 1874

Seller ID: 33464

Binding: Full-leather

Condition: Very Good- with no dust jacket

Original embossed leather boards show heavy rubbing, gilt lettering to spine dulled with chipping head of spine and missing bottom 3" of spine leather. Boards loose but still attached, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt with no markings or tearing. Tissue guard at title page, text pages outlined with red border. Just needs some tightening and repair to spine, additional photographs available on request. Biographical sketches compiled by the Society of First Steamship Pioneers. ; MCN27453; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 393 pp
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New Street Guide Newark, Elizabeth, Harrison, Kearny, Arlington

By: anonymous

Price: $24.00

Publisher: Private Printing : 1938

Seller ID: 39889

Binding: Stapled wraps

Condition: Very Good+

Tan wraps age toned, bottom corners creased. Publisher not identified; this was a street guide available to patients in New Jersey medical offices. Measures 2-1/2 x 5".; MCN32889; 24mo 5" - 6" tall; 48 pp
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Who's Who in Tennessee

By: Bass, Frank E.

Price: $40.00

Publisher: Hopkinsville, Historical Record Association : 1961

Seller ID: 34345

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ with no dust jacket

Red leatherette with gilt lettering, rear gutter paper has minor tear else a solid copy. "A Reference Edition Recording the Biographies of Contemporary Leaders in Tennessee with Special Emphasis on Their Achievements in making the Volunteer State one of America's Greatest." Collection of biographies illustrated with photographs. ; MCN28265; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 774 pp
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Sounds in the Night

By: Bogardus, Sr., Carl R.

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Muscatatuck Press : 1967

Seller ID: 35690

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Near Fine

Gift inscription from author's family front endpaper. Autobiographical vignette takes place along the river in Warsaw, Indiana. Illustrated. ; MCN29517; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 15 pp; Signed by Author
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Nebraska Its Characteristics and Prospects

By: Butler, James D.

Price: $210.00

Publisher: Private Printing : 1873

Seller ID: 32855

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Good

Name and address written front cover, masking tape remnants on front panel and table of contents page. Covers detached with rear panel an illustration of Salt Creek Valley, West From Ashland. Unobtrusive beige stain top edge of several pages. Early Nebraska promotional item, illustrated. Additional photographs available on request. ; MCN26863; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 36 pp
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The Promised Land Memoirs of Howard Hinkson Convers

By: Convers, Howard Hinkson

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Western Printers : 1995

Seller ID: 39938

ISBN-13: 9780965343008

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Near Fine

Author signed half-title. Autobiographical account of the move from California and new life in Fall Creek, Oregon during the 1930s, illustrated. ; MCN32928; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 193 pp; Signed by Author
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Hill's Evergreens 1927 (D. Hill Nursery Company Catalog)

By: D. Hill Nursery Company

Price: $38.00

Publisher: Chicago, R. R. Donnelley & Sons : 1927

Seller ID: 39820

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good+

Nursery and landscape catalog of the D. Hill Nursery Company in Dundee, Illinois with illustrations throughout in both color and black-and-white, pricing and descriptions. Ordering forms, envelope plus original used mailing envelope laid in. ; MCN32855; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 48 pp
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Two thousand sons the story of Cal Farley's Boys Ranch

By: Farley, Cal and E. L. Howe

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Phoenix Publishing : 1987

Seller ID: 39964

ISBN-13: 9780914659235

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket

Corners square and sharp, in a lightly rubbed pictorial dustjacket. Author E. L. Howe inscribed front endpaper. History of the Boys Ranch in northern Texas, illustrated. ; MCN32946; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 257 pp; Signed by Author
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The States and Territories of the Great West; Including Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Michigan, Wisconsin, Iowa, Minesota, Kansas, and Nebraska

By: Ferris, Jacob

Price: $95.00

Publisher: Miller, Orton & Mulligan : 1856

Seller ID: 33600

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

Original brown cloth with gilt front panel, discoloration to extremities and spine dulled, loss at spine ends. Front free endpaper clipped, scattered foxing. Lacking map but other illustrations included, ads at rear. Early look at western areas, "Their Geography, History, Advantages, Resources, and Prospects; Comprising Their Local History, Institutions, and Laws. Giving a Table of Distances, and the Most Direct Routes and Modes of Conveyance; Also, Pointing Out the Best Districts for Agricultural, Commercial, Mublering, and Mining Operations." ; MCN27629; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 352 pp
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Image for Five Fur Traders of the Northwest Being the Narrative of Peter Pond and the Diaries of John MacDonell, Archibald N. McLeod, Hugh Faries and Thomas Connor

Five Fur Traders of the Northwest Being the Narrative of Peter Pond and the Diaries of John MacDonell, Archibald N. McLeod, Hugh Faries and Thomas Connor

By: Gates, Charles M. (Edited by), Peter Pond, John MacDonell, Archibald N. McLeod, Hugh Faries, Thomas Connor

Price: $18.00

Publisher: St. Paul, Minnesota Historical Society : 1971

Seller ID: 40110

Binding: Hardcover; 2nd Printing

Condition: Very Good+ with no dust jacket

Green cloth boards straight and tight, light spotting to page ends. Introduction by Grace Lee Nute. Illustrated with three maps. ; MCN33092; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 296 pp
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Image for The Complete Guide to Brooklyn Authentic and complete information of Streets, House Numbers, Transportation Lines with clear guidance as to the nearest Station and number of blocks and the direction to the Street desired

The Complete Guide to Brooklyn Authentic and complete information of Streets, House Numbers, Transportation Lines with clear guidance as to the nearest Station and number of blocks and the direction to the Street desired

By: Gross, Alexander

Price: $45.00

Publisher: Geographia Map Company/Interborough News Company : 1935

Seller ID: 39888

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good+

Orange wraps, light wear. Folded map tipped in, lightly worn on creases. Early street directory and map of Brooklyn in New York. ; MCN32888; 24mo 5" - 6" tall; 192 pp
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Men of Illinois

By: Halliday, Witherspoon

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Chicago, Halliday Witherspoon : 1902

Seller ID: 29129

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good+ with no dust jacket

Navy leather boards with gilt stamping rubbing to extremities, spine darkened, damaged and repaired, all edges gilt. Else corners square and securely bound, a solid copy. Photographs and very brief biographical information on Illinois men of note, arranged by occupation. ; MCN24012; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 535 pp
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Image for The Federalist, On The New Constitution, By Publius, Written In 1786, To Which Is Added Pacificus, On The Proclamation of Neutrality Written In 1793. Likewise, The Federal Constitution, With All The Amendments (Two Volumes)

The Federalist, On The New Constitution, By Publius, Written In 1786, To Which Is Added Pacificus, On The Proclamation of Neutrality Written In 1793. Likewise, The Federal Constitution, With All The Amendments (Two Volumes)

By: Hamilton, Alexander, James Madison and John Jay

Price: $13,000.00

Publisher: New York, George F. Hopkins : 1802

Seller ID: 26749

Binding: Full-leather

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

Two volume second edition set with two pages numbered 167 and two numbered 168 as noted; pages 263-270 repeated. Original full calf binding with five black horizontal lines and volume number on spine, heavy rubbing and worn on points with some loss at spine ends. Volume I has 1" chip to leather head of spine, front hinge quite weak and literally hanging on by threads, needs some tightening; has penciled numbers and signature inside front board. Volume II has identical penciled signature and date of 1871, binding secure. Previously owned by "R Watts" who signed title pages. Foxing throughout bo...
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Commercial History of the State of Iowa by the Iowa Division Travelers' Protective Association of America

By: Harvey, T. Edgar

Price: $225.00

Publisher: Des Moines, Press of The Kenyon Printing & Mfg. Co. : 1909

Seller ID: 33019

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

Blue cloth with gilt decoration front panel, worn on points with sticker shadow lower spine, one library stamp and name penciled inside front board. Shaken, weak front hinge and dedication page repaired with binding tape at gutter. "Representing the Manufacturing, Wholesale, Banking, Railway, Hotel, Educational and Commercial Interests, and the Resources of the State in General." Commercial history with many advertisements for Iowa businesses and firms. Quite scarce. ; MCN27027; Ex-Library; Oblong 8vo 8" to 9" tall; 174 pp
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Jim Bludso of the Prairie Belle

By: Hay, John

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Muscatatuck Press : 1963

Seller ID: 35689

Binding: Stapled wraps

Condition: Fine

Orange wraps, gift inscription from publisher Carl Bogardus family front endpaper. Facsimile reprint of the poem using the 1871 illustrations of S. Eytinge, Jr. ; MCN29516; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Signed by Partner
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Georgia Homes and Landmarks

By: Howard, Annie Hornady

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Atlanta, Southern Features Syndicate : 1929

Seller ID: 29575

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ with no dust jacket

Original brown leatherette boards show mild wear, newspaper clipping pasted front endpaper with gift inscription, else corners square and tightly bound. Descriptions, history and photographs of several prominent homes of Georgia. ; MCN24433; 186 pp
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Tractor Plowing at Its Best (Illustrated)

By: International Harvester

Price: $35.00

Publisher: International Harvester Company of America : c1931

Seller ID: 38726

Binding: Stapled wraps

Condition: Very Good+

Tan wraps, clean and unmarked. Illustrated with photographs and line drawings. ; MCN31843; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 31 pp
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Category: Americana