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Frazier, Samuel Milligan, b. 1845, Illustrated by: B/W photos, Line Drawings
Secrets of the Rocks, or, The Story of the Hills and Gulches : A Manual of Hints and Helps for the Prospector and Miner
Publisher: Hall & Williams Denver, Colorado 1907
491, [2] p., [2] leaves of plates, ports. Index, largely mineralogical, on last p. Frontis. is 2 facing ports. on 2 leaves: "Before the Strike" ... "After the Strike" with the gentleman dressed accordingly. Additional ills.: line drawings pp. 230, 276, 367; photo p. 258. Bound in green ribbed cloth with gold and black on top board and spine, blind stamped border top and bottom board. Floral decorated endpapers in green. A guide to late 19th century prospecting with extensive geological and mineralogical information. Includes stories of lost mines and methods of fraud. Slight wear at outer tips of boards, top, bottom and edges of spine. Small tears at middle bottom pp. 187-188, 389-392, middle outer edge pp. 483-484. Pp. 421-424, 449-456 not completed opened at bottom. Occasional creasing of pages throughout text, usually near gutter, probably from binding problems. "2361" in ink upper outer edge front pastedown endpaper. Stripes on photo of binding do not exist, just an optical effect. 2nd. ed., rev.. No DJ. Decorative Cloth Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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Westervelt, Leonidas, 1879-1952, Illustrated by: Half-tone
The Circus in Literature: An Outline of Its Development and a Bibliography with Notes
Publisher: Privately Printed New York 1931
Frontis., [4], 88 p. No. 20 of 300 ltd. ed. Bound in red cloth with title in black on spine and front board. Glassine dust jacket with very few mars. Uncut, UNOPENED. Based on the author's personal collection, p. 1-38 is a history of the circus followed by a subject bibliography. Westervelt, a playwright, novelist, and screen writer, was interested in circus history and P.T. Barnum in particular. His Barnum collection was donated to the New-York Historical Society and formed the core of its circus collection.. DJ Good+. Cloth Very Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Privately Printed
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O’Callaghan, Edmund Bailey, 1797-1880, comp., Illustrated by: No ill.
Calendar of New York Colonial Commissions, 1680-1770
Publisher: New-York Historical Society. New York. 1929
[4], 108 p. ".. First printed serially in the Quarterly Bulletin of the New York Historical Society beginning in January, 1924, and running through July, 1928, and .. here reprinted with an index by Miss Dorothy C. Barck." -- P. 1. The John Divine Jones Fund Series of Histories and Memoirs, VII. Limited ed. of 200. Bound in brown ribbed cloth with gilt title on spine and NYHS design on front board. Issued with plain paper DJ, now extremely brittle, more dust than jacket. Will not ship with book unless insisted upon. DJ left slight stains on endpapers. First Thus. Cloth Very Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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Goodrich, Caspar F. (Caspar Frederick), 1847-1925, Illustrated by: Photographs
Rope Yarns from the Old Navy, by Rear Admiral Caspar F. Goodrich
Publisher: The Naval History Society New York 1931
[10], xi-xii, [6], 167 p., [3] leaves of plates. Publications of The Naval History Society Volume XI. 464 of a ltd. ed. of 500. Quarter bound with paper vellum spine and blue paper over boards. Gilt title on spine and seal of the Society on front board. TEG. Issued with glassine dust jacket. Copy in original shipping carton, opened only to verify contents. Glassine jacket discolored from contact with cardboard carton. First Edition. DJ Good. Hard Cover Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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Gottesman, Rita Susswein, 1906-1963, Illustrated by: Woodcut/engraving Reproductions
The Arts and Crafts in New York 1800-1804: Advertisements and News Items from New York City Newspapers
Publisher: New-York Historical Society New York 1965
xx, 537 p. Extensive index p. 483-537. Reproductions of woodcuts and engravings on p. [ii] and [2] with reference numbers to text entries. Red cloth with gilt lettering and decorative lines on spine. Bubble in center of top half of spine. I have not seen a copy of this book without this binder's defect. The last of three volumes in a series, the first two covering 1726-1776 (1938) and 1777-1799 (1954). Co-issued with the Collections of the New-York Historical Society for the Year 1949, The John Watts DePeyster Publications Fund, LXXXII in 1965. Identical except in green cloth and 2 p. at beginning with the Collections statement on recto and The Committe on Publications on verso. Divided into 17 sections such as Paintings, Engravings, and Sculpture; Builders and Buildings; Ships and Boats; Paper, Printing, and Books. No observable defects, other than the binder's manufacturing error. First Separate. No Jacket as Issued. Cloth Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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Lamb, Dana Storrs, 1900-1986, Illustrated by: Line-drawings
On Trout Streams and Salmon Rivers
Publisher: Barre Publishers Barre, Mass. 1963
[9], 97, [1] p. Printed by Johann Enschedé in Harleem, Netherlands. Ltd. ed of 1500. Colophon on last page with printer's device. Selection of articles first appearing in The Anglers' Club Bulletin and The Atlantic Salmon Journal. With mylar wrapper in slip case with illus. title pasted down. Olive cloth binding with spine title and dry fly on front board in gilt. TEG. Illus. endpapers, illus. or type ornament design at head of chapters. Book VG+, with small speck on edge of top board. Mylar wrapper VG, a few small mars near spine. Slip case G slightly bowed with edge wear, 1" split front lower left. First Edition. Mylar in Slip Case. Cloth Very Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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Eastman, Elaine Goodale, 1863-1953., Illustrated by: Photographs
Sister to the Sioux: The Memoirs of Elaine Goodale Eastman, 1885-91.
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press. Lincoln. 1978
xiii, [3], 175 p. Edited by Kay Graber. Illus. with photographs, line drawings, and map. The Pioneer Heritage series, v. 7. Cream paper covered boards with green spine, top board and spine gilt. DJ with slight edge wear, small tear ar front edge top board, 1 " tear near spine. ISBN: 0803209711 First Edition. DJ Good. Cloth Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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Miyamori, Asataro, b. 1869, ed. and tr., Illustrated by: Half-tones
An Anthology of Haiku, Ancient and Modern: with 72 Autographs and Pictures, Including 18 Coloured Pictures
Publisher: Maruzen Company Ltd. Tokyo 1932
[4], xxix, [1], iii, [1], 841, [1], iv, [1] p. Printed by the Tokyo Tsukiji Type Foundry, Ltd. 72 illus. on 63 plates. Col. illus. facing p. 56, [109], 137, 151, 187, 209, 251, 267, 425, 444, 490, 524, 686, 717, 732, 736, 769, 807. Plates facing p. 209 and 512 not in List on p. [i]-iii (2nd count.) In English with Japanese and transliteration. Lavender/brown silk with gilt title and author on spine and front board, blind stamped chrysanthemum on front board, TEG. Errata slip pasted in before last p. (colophon in Japanese.) Foreign prices in colophon with slip pasted over. Both board feet rubbed near front and spine, front board top corner bumped. Spine slightly faded with crease in middle, small stain middle left, discoloration at head. Small spot on pl. facing p. 61. "The present volume is a thoroughly revised and considerably enlarged edition of One Thousand Haiku Ancient and Modern, published in 1930, which was intended for Japanese students of English." : Preface. First Edition. No Jacket. Cloth Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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Harris, Thaddeus William, 1795-1856., Illustrated by: Hand-colored Lithographs, Wood-Engravings.
A Treatise on Some of the Insects Injurious to Vegetation.
Publisher: Crosby and Nichols. Boston. 1862
xi, 640 p. VII plates including frontis, wood-engravings throughout text. Printed by Welch, Bigelow and Co. "A new ed., enlarged and improved, with additions from the author’s manuscripts and original notes. Illustrated by engravings drawn from nature under the supervision of Professor Agassiz. Edited by Charles L. Flint .."--T.p. Editor's preface (p. iv) states the drawings for the steel plates are by Antoine Sonrel and those for the wood engravings are by Sonrel and J. Burckhardt and the engraving and coloring of the plates was by John H. Richard and the wood engravings were done by Henry Marsh. However, the plates are hand-colored lithographs and are signed Dougal sc., probably William H. Dougal. Bound in brown small bead cloth with beveled edges. Gilt moth on top and back boards, title and beetle in gilt on spine. All edges red. Binding worn and stained, top of spine chipped, top outer hinge split halfway, beetle on spine worn with residue of label. Plates with some foxing, tissue guards lacking frontis., pl. II. No Jacket. Decorative Cloth Good-. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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Irving, Pierre Munroe, 1803-1876, Illustrated by: Stipple and Line Engravings
The Life and Letters of Washington Irving. By his Nephew, Pierre M. Irving
Publisher: G. P Putnam New York 1862
BAL 10198. 4 vols. Vol.1 (1862): [5], 6-483 p., 16 p. undated publisher's catalog, frontis, plate facing p. 232; Vol. 2 (1862): [5], 6-492 p., frontis; Vol. 3 (1863): [5], 6-9, [2], 14-403 p., frontis.; Vol 4 (1864): [7], 8-450 p., frontis. Index: p. [413]-450. Sunnyside Edition. Green ripple cloth, blind stamped boards, gilt stamped spine with floral decoration surrounding title at top; publisher's device and "Sunnyside Edit." at bottom. Brown coated endpapers. All frontis. stipple engravings, vol. 1 plate facing p. 232 line engraving. Vol. 1 frontis. engraved by Henry Bryan Hall, 1808-1884, after 1805 Paris drawing by John Vanderlyn, 1775-1852, with facsim. 1808 inscription by Irving; plate engr. by John (or Johannes) de Mare, 1806-1889, after picture by John Wesley Jarvis, 1780-1840. Vol. 2 frontis. engr. not signed after picture by Gilbert Stuart Newton, 1794-1835. Vol. 3 frontis. engr. by H.B. Hall after bust by Robert Ball Hughes, 1806-1868. Vol. 4 frontis. engr. by Frederick W. Halpin, 1805-1880, after drawing by Charles Martin, 1820-1906.
Text block edges darkened. Light foxing verso free endpapers and facing leaf. Frontis. and tissue guards variously foxed and offset, plate and tissue vol. 1 facing p. 232 more heavily. Variable offset and show-through in text. Signatures of former owners, "Harriet Stark" and "Charles Stark Newell" on half-title or fly leaf. All spines, vol. 3 more so, vol. 2 top 1/2 inch and vol. 3 top 1 inch front boards slightly faded, tops bumped. Small specks on boards, small ding on vol. 2 back board, vol. 3 front. Vol. 1 p. 165-168 improperly cut, with lower outer corner folded, resulting in overhang when unfolded. Vol. 4 with 1 inch tear starting from gutter, 1 inch tear in gutter. First Edition. No Jacket. Cloth Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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Shumate, Albert., Illustrated by: Photographs
A San Francisco Scandal: The California of George Gordon.
Publisher: California Histoical Society & Arthur H. Clark San Francisco; Spokane 1994
271 p. 19 illus. including portraits, views, and facsimilies. Originally published in 1976 by Arthur H. Clark under the title The California of George Gordon. Aspects of the Gordon family were fictionalized by Gertrude Atherton. ISBN: 0870621181 Signed by Author First Thus. DJ as New. Cloth As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.), Illustrated by: Photographs.
Edward Hopper, Retrospective Exhibition, November 1-December 7, 1933.
Publisher: Museum of Modern Art. New York. 1933
83, [1] p. (plates included in pagination). B/W photographs of oils, watercolors, and etchings, with portrait frontis. of Hopper by Peter A. Juley. Essays by Alfred H. Barr, Charles Burchfield, and Hopper. "Two thousand copies of this catalog were printed .. by Plandrome Press .."-- Colophon last p. Issued with blue-printed front cover wrapper, leaving text in white. Spine and back cover slightly soiled, foxing from wrapper carries over decreasingly to first five and last two leaves, scattered foxing near outer margins. Outer edge of front and back wrapper with slight curl. Wrapper Good+. Original Wraps Good+. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
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Crick, Francis, 1916-2004., Illustrated by: Photographs.
What Mad Pursuit: A Personal View of Scientific Discovery.
Publisher: Basic Books. New York. 1988
xiii, 182 p., [8] p. of plates. Illus. with B/W photographs, portraits. "This book is published as part of an Alfred P. Sloan Foundation program." Binding blue cloth with gilt spine. Outer top corner of DJ with slight bumping at top of spine, 2 x 1/2 " triangular bubble with blue stain on inside of DJ, slight discoloration on cloth binding at same location. ISBN: 0465091377 First Edition, First Printing. DJ Good+. Cloth Very Good-. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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Sigurdsson, Haraldur., Illustrated by: Photo-reproductions of various Media.
Melting the Earth: the History of Ideas on Volcanic Eruptions.
Publisher: Oxford University Press. New York, Oxford. 1999
ix, 260 p. Numerous b/w illus. drawn from a variety of sources. Orange paper covered boards with black gilt spine. DJ with slight wear. ISBN: 0195106652 First Edition. DJ Very Good. Cloth Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
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Kluckhohn, Clyde, 1905-1960., Illustrated by: No ill.
A Bibliography of the Navaho Indians.
Publisher: J.J. Augustin. New York. 1940
xiv, 93 p. Written with Katherine Spencer (Halpern). Important early bibliography. Issued in brown cloth with gilt title on top board. Some edge wear, spine rubbed. Former owner's signature on FFE: John Dollard. Possibly the psychologist. First Edition. No DJ. Cloth Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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Swanton, John Reed, 1873-1958., Illustrated by: Maps
The Indian Tribes of North America.
Publisher: Government Printing Office. Washington, D.C. 1953
vi, 726 p. 5 maps, 4 folded. Smithsonian Institution, Bureau of American Ethnology, Bulletin 145. Olive green cloth with gilt title and decorations on spine. T.p. publication date: 1953. At base of spine: 1952. Some speckling to text block edges Maps have slightly cocked the spine. Maps fine, no tears. Spine rubbed. No DJ. Cloth Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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Densmore, Frances, 1867-1957., Illustrated by: Photos, Drawings, Chromolithographs
Teton Sioux Music.
Publisher: Government Printing Office. Washington, D.C. 1918
xxviii, 561 p., 82 images on 65 plates. 43 figures in text. Smithsonian Institution, Bureau of American Ethnology, Bulletin 61. Chromolithographs by A. Hoen & Co. plate nos. 3, 4, 17, 64, 65, 68. Hoen was the oldest and one of the largest lithography firms. Olive green cloth with gilt title and decorations on spine. Some edge wear, bumped top and bottom spine, some ink spotting. Spine and top fifth of front board darkened. Endpapers and blanks with slight foxing. Text block edges darkened. First Edition. No DJ. Cloth Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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Mathews, John Joseph., Illustrated by: Drawings.
Wah’kon-tah; the Osage and the White Man’s Road.
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press. Norman. 1932
[10], 13-359, [1] p. Introduction by Major Laban J. Miles, the agent at the last reservation of the Osage Indians. First book by author. One of the first books in Oklahoma's Civilization of the American Indian series. 11 reproductions of charcoal (?) drawings by May Todd Aaron, included in the pagination, except for double leaf map facing p. 40. Ornamented intials at beginning of chapters. Endpapers illustrated with map. Last p. with detailed colophon. Binding orange cloth with design on top board. DJ in fair condition, some chipping, spine darkened and stained. Some darkening to text block edges. First Edition. DJ Fair. Decorative Cloth Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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Steinhardt, Paul J., Illustrated by: Drawings.
Endless Universe : Beyond the Big Bang.
Publisher: Doubleday New York 2007
xv, 284 p. Co-author Neil Turok. Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents: 2001 -- Act Two -- Two Tales of One Universe -- From Particles to the Cosmos -- Inflation and the Tale of Two Cosmologists -- From Strings to Ekpyrosis -- A Cyclic Model of the Universe -- The Last Question -- Seeing is Believing -- Inflationary Multiverse or Cyclic Universe -- Back to the Future. Black cloth with gilt spine. Illus. throughout. DJ with slight bumping at top of spine. ISBN: 978-0-385-50964 First Edition. DJ Very Good+. Cloth Very Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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Hemp, William H., Illustrated by: Line-drawings.
New York Enclaves.
Publisher: Clarkson Potter New York 2003
64 p. Illus. by author. Text facing 26 illus. "Originally published in slightly different form in 1975 .." Maroon paper over boards. Silver stamped spine. Illus. DJ. ISBN: 1-4000-4735-8 Rev. ed. DJ Very Good+. Hard Cover Very Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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