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Manuelo's Narrative - California Three Hundred and Fifty Years Ago Translated from the Portuguese By a Pioneer

By: "A Pioneer" ; [ Cornelius Cole ]

Price: $84.95

Publisher: San Francisco, Samuel Carson & Co.: 1888

Seller ID: 42519

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+

333 pages; Clean and tight in the original olive cloth binding with gilt lettering anda decorative gilt image at front board; patterned end papers. Original owner's name on first blank "Geo. T. Murison /San Franacisco / Cal / 11-6 '93" Novel about a Portuguese sailor who was cast ashore in San Francisco Bay in the 16th century. It described his life among the Indians and their way of life. In the end, Manuelo was picked by a Spanish ship and taken to Acapulco where he narrated his history. He then wanted to return to his love, Alola, an Indian woman. In the middle of the novel is a lo...
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THE ALASKA HIGHWAY - An Interim Report

By: (Robinson, James William)

Price: $184.95

Publisher: Washington, Government Printing Office: 1946

Seller ID: 42559

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

xiii, (1), 323 pages; Clean and secure in original printed wrappers. Rear wrapper has a couple creases, otherwise quite a nice example of this important and scarce work. Stamp on front wrapper indicates: "From / E. L. Bartlett / Delegate in Congress from / Alaska" Original owner's initials on front wrapper "BWT" -- B.W. Thoron was Director of the Division of Territories and Island Possessions within the U. S. Department of Interior. In the mid-1930s, Thoron was also head of the finance department of the Public Works Administration. This comprehensive engineering survey wa...
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Our Fishery Rights in the North Atlantic "Our Fisheries" - Thos. Jefferson

By: A Member of the Philadelphia Bar ; [Joseph Ingersoll Doran; (1844-1919)]

Price: $149.95

Publisher: Philadelphia, Allen, Lane & Scott's Printing House: 1888

Seller ID: 42624

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

59 pages; Author's name in pencil on front wrapper (not his signature). Contents clean and secure in original printed wrappers; a few minor chips to edge of wrappers. OCLC 234851839 An excellent historical examination of the history and development of American fishing rights in the North Atlantic. Quite scarce.
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MICHIGAN THROUGH THREE CENTURIES - A Guide to an Exhibition of Books, Maps and Manuscripts in the William L. Clements Library

By: Adams, Randolph G.

Price: $6.95

Publisher: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan Press: 1937

Seller ID: 38756

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good+

20 pages; A nicely produced catalogue of the 50 items on display in the exhibition commemorating the centennial of the University of Michigan. Clean and tight in original light blue printed wrappers.
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Manual with Rules and Orders for the Use of the General Assembly of the State of Rhode Island, 1885-86

By: Addeman, Joshua M

Price: $19.95

Publisher: Providence, E. L. Freeman: 1885

Seller ID: 38352

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good-

xvi, 298 pages; Lacks ffep, otherwise clean and tight in original green cloth binding with gilt lettering at spine and front cover. Colour folding map of Rhode Island in good condition with 2" closed split at one fold. ; Experience the pleasure of reading and appreciating this actual printed item. It has its own physical history that imbues it with a character lacking in ephemeral electronic renderings.
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Manual with Rules and Orders for the Use of the General Assembly of the State of Rhode Island, 1893-94

By: Addeman, Joshua M

Price: $19.95

Publisher: Providence, E. L. Freeman: 1893

Seller ID: 38353

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

xvi, 322 pages; Clean and tight in original green cloth binding with gilt lettering at spine and front cover. Colour folding map of Rhode Island in good condition with 2" closed tear at left edge. ; Experience the pleasure of reading and appreciating this actual printed item. It has its own physical history that imbues it with a character lacking in ephemeral electronic renderings.
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The Case for Impeachment of Richard M. Nixon - Now [Broadsheet with old video cassette in plastic case]

By: AFL-CIO

Price: $249.95

Publisher: Washington, D.C., American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations: 1973 (& 1974)

Seller ID: 41585

Binding: VHS Tape

Condition: Very Good

1 pages; Broadsheet -- 45 x 28 cm, folded twice to make a small quarto gathering: (folded size: 23 x 14 cm.) The "Title page" in this folded format has the printed notation, underlined, at the top: "First in a Series." The last page of the folded format has the running title: "A Full and Fair Hearing." The nine-paragraph text begins: "The AFL-CIO believes that President Nixon should be impeached. Last week we published the 19-point bill of particulars that led to that conclusion. This week we begin a series documenting those charges..." Signed (in facsim...
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Atightughyuggaaghusit / The First Reader

By: Aghnaghaghpik [Adelinda Womkon Badten]

Price: $14.95

Publisher: Fairbanks, University of Alaska: 1974

Seller ID: 39391

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

First printing limited to 500 copies. Contents clean and secure in original yellow pictorial wrappers, light toning to wrappers. An instructional book for Yupik languages. OCLC Number16007521.
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Image for Evenings at Home, or the Juvenile Budget Opened [Volume 4-6 bound as one as issued] consisting of a variety of miscellaneous pieces for the instruction and amusement of young persons

Evenings at Home, or the Juvenile Budget Opened [Volume 4-6 bound as one as issued] consisting of a variety of miscellaneous pieces for the instruction and amusement of young persons

By: Aikin, John ; Mrs. Letitia Barbauld

Price: $54.95

Publisher: Philadelphia, T. Dobson at The Stone House: 1797

Seller ID: 42098

Binding: Leather Bound

Condition: Fair

iv, 314 p. pages; This volume contains Vols IV, V, and VI of this collection of tales and essays for juveniles. Contents secure in contemporary American full leather binding with red leather title label at spine and gilt volume number "2". Binding is rubbed and worn at extremeties, corners rounded, a previous owner has scratched a symbol on the front cover a six petal flower inscribed in a circle. Old names, words, letters and doodles written on both pastedown endpapers, very old owner's name "Burton Randall / Annapolis" on blank opposite titlepage for Volume V. Contents are ...
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Manhattan Water Front Study: A Central Heating Plant Unloading its Coal [ Halftone Photographic Print ]

By: Aiklee (photographer)

Price: $14.95

Publisher: New York, Fortune: 1932

Seller ID: 39623

Binding: Print

Condition: Very Good

This 1932 halftone print of theManhattan Water Front measures approximately 11 x 14 inches; image size 8 1/3 x 11 inches. The photograph is credited to Aiklee at the lower left corner with a caption at the bottom of the page which reads: "Manhattan Water Front Study: A Central Heating Plant Unloading its Coal," extracted from Fortune, January 1932. Printing on verso.
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Image for A New Hieroglyphical Bible for the Amusement & Instruction of Children Being a Selection of the most useful Lessons, and most interesting Narratives, (Scripturally Arranged) from Genesis to the Revelations. Embellished with Familiar Figures & Striking Emblems Elegantly ngraved

A New Hieroglyphical Bible for the Amusement & Instruction of Children Being a Selection of the most useful Lessons, and most interesting Narratives, (Scripturally Arranged) from Genesis to the Revelations. Embellished with Familiar Figures & Striking Emblems Elegantly ngraved

By: Alexander Anderson (illustrator) ; Theodosius Beza (poem)

Price: $499.95

Publisher: New York, "Printed for and Published by the BOOKSELLERS": 1796

Seller ID: 42568

Binding: Disbound

Condition: Fair

(4), ii, (1), 4-144 pages; To the whole is added a Sketch of the life of Our Blessed Saviour, The Holy Apostles &c. Recommended by the Revd. Rowland Hill, M.A. Poem. Quite Scarce; informative and historical despite its flaws. Front leather covered board present (detached and chipped/rubbed at all edges), partial leather backstrip, rear board missing, lacks ffep. Detached frontispiece illustration (copper engraving?) of a tree of human qualities, rooted in Faith and Repentence, a trunk of Hope and Love, branched with Fidelity, Compassion, Prudence, Charity, etc. and with Grace shining down...
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THE LIFE AND LETTERS OF WASHINGTON ALLSTON With Reproductions from Allston's Pictures

By: Allston, Washington; Jared B. Flagg (editor)

Price: $39.95

Publisher: New York, Charles Scribner's Sons: 1892

Seller ID: 40909

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+

435 pages; An attractive example in the handsome buckram binding. Former owner's name on ffep, otherwise clean and tight in original tan buckram binding with gilt lettering at spine and a gilt silohuette on front cover; cloth worn at head of spine. Washington Allston (1779 1843) was an American painter and poet, born in Waccamaw Parish, South Carolina. Allston was a pioneer of the American Romantic movement in landscape painting. He was well known for his dramatic subject matter and bold use of light and colour. After graduating from Harvard College in 1800, Allston moved to Charleston, So...
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Immunity of Neutral Sea-Borne Commerce

By: Anderson, Chandler P

Price: $7.95

Publisher: American Journal of International Law: 1930

Seller ID: 38729

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

7 pages; Reprinted from the American Journal of International Law, Volume 24, Number 1, January 1930. Chandler Parsons Anderson (1866-1936), Scroll & Key 1887, represented the United States in numerous international legal issues, including the Bering Sea Claims Commission, Alaska Boundary Tribunal, North Atlantic Coast Fisheries Arbitration, and was legal advisor to U.S. embassies and legations and the State Department. OCLC 4890192461
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The Final Outcome of the Fisheries Arbitration

By: Anderson, Chandler P

Price: $9.95

Publisher: American Journal of International Law: 1918

Seller ID: 38730

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

16 pages; Contents clean and tight, rear wrapper torn. Reprinted from the American Journal of International Law, January 1913. Chandler Parsons Anderson (1866-1936), Scroll & Key 1887, represented the United States in numerous international legal issues, including the Bering Sea Claims Commission, Alaska Boundary Tribunal, North Atlantic Coast Fisheries Arbitration, and was legal advisor to U.S. embassies and legations and the State Department. OCLC 4890176293
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Freedom of the Seas

By: Anderson, Chandler P

Price: $7.95

Publisher: Philadelphia, Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science: 1917

Seller ID: 38731

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

10 pages; Contents clean and tight in printed wrappers. Reprinted from the Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, July 1917. Chandler Parsons Anderson (1866-1936), Scroll & Key 1887, represented the United States in numerous international legal issues, including the Bering Sea Claims Commission, Alaska Boundary Tribunal, North Atlantic Coast Fisheries Arbitration, and was legal advisor to U.S. embassies and legations and the State Department. OCLC 4895953325
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Aaron Benedict: A Memorial

By: Anderson, Joseph

Price: $124.95

Publisher: Waterbury, Connecticut, Press of the American Print. Co.: 1873

Seller ID: 40704

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

58 pages; Publisher's brown cloth, with covers divided by rules in black and with the title: "BENEDICT" in black against an industrial-shaped gilt lozenge device, chocolate brown endpapers, all edges gilt. Minor toning and spotting to the edges of the covers, a small chip of brown cloth is missing at the foot of the spine, and there is moderate foxing to the title page and engraved frontispiece. The latter is a portrait (with facsimile signature) depicting the subject: Aaron Benedict [1785-1873], an important industrialist and businessman from Waterbury, Connecticut. There are two or...
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AYER'S AMERICAN ALMANAC 1880

By: Anonymous

Price: $9.95

Publisher: Lowell, MA, Dr. J. C. Ayer & Company: 1880

Seller ID: 36970

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good-

40 pages; In original pictorial wrappers. Bottom interior corner of "October" clipped, otherwise Very Good. Starts off with an astrological chart and cures (Ayer's Cherry Pectoral, etc) for various ailments, then presents the month by with astronomical information and various interesting and humorous anecdotes and notes on historic anniversaries. OCLC: 823514973; Experience the pleasure of reading and appreciating this actual printed item. It has its own physical history that imbues it with a character lacking in ephemeral electronic renderings.
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BRYN MAWR COLLEGE COMMENCEMENT 1935

By: Anonymous

Price: $6.95

Publisher: Bryn Mawr, Bryn Mawr College: 1935

Seller ID: 37003

Binding: Pamphlet

Condition: Very Good

20 pages; Twenty page program for the commencement exercises at Bryn Mawr College June 5, 1935. Lists all the individuals receiving degrees, as well as the program of music and speakers. ; Experience the pleasure of reading and appreciating this actual printed item. It has its own physical history that imbues it with a character lacking in ephemeral electronic renderings.
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CALIFORNIA FOR THE SETTLER PRIMER

By: Anonymous

Price: $74.95

Publisher: Southern Pacific Railroad: 1904

Seller ID: 37061

Binding: Pamphlet

Condition: Near Fine

Southern Pacific Primer Series, 3; 16 pages; Pamphlet published by Southern Pacific Railroad promoting the many wonderful qualities and resources of California to prospective settlers. Stapled printed wrappers. ; Experience the pleasure of reading and appreciating this actual printed item. It has its own physical history that imbues it with a character lacking in ephemeral electronic renderings.
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The World is at your Door

By: Anonymous

Price: $34.95

Publisher: Kansas City, TWA - Trans World Airline: 1946

Seller ID: 37121

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

A quadri-fold broadsheet, richly illustrated and printed in tones of red, tan, blue and black. Dated on the TWA copyright slug in the margin: "March, 1946." This handsomely designed sheet was issued to promote TWA's stunning proposal to offer a round-the-world air service. The routes already approved by the Civil Aeronautics Board are in depicted in bold red lines; the proposed routes to complete the circumnavigation service were added in dotted lines. After breaking Pan American World Airways' legal designation as the United States' sole international carrier, TWA began trans-Atla...
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Category: Americana and American History