The Democratic Congressional Register, 1937

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Price: $281.25

Publisher: Democratic Party of the United States of America: 1936

Seller ID: Books007188

Condition: Very Good

November First [1936]. 11 x 8.5 inches. 128 pages. A pleasing example of this "much maligned" Register, including a letter to Washington Corresponds from Executive Secretary Charles Hayden laid in. Please see our photos for the text of the letter. Clean and unmarked with top inch of spine panel flapped open from rear. Binding is sound. This large-format register includes a photographic reproduction of every Democratic Member of the the House and was printed for f... View more info

The Connecticut Courant. Vol. XXXVII; Number 1948 . Monday, May 24, 1802.

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Price: $58.50

Publisher: Hartford (Con.). Opposite the North Meeting House, Hudson & Goodwin: 1802

Seller ID: Books007218

Condition: Good

21 x 12.5 inches [opening up to twice that of course]. 4 pages. A pleasing survival. Folding creases: this appears to have been kept folded in half and then half again. Centre crease split an inch as seen in photo. Signature to p. 1 top right margin. Overall clean and legible though there are a few small spots where the type did not print. View more info

The People's Own Book. John Jacob Astor; Father Mathew; Edward Z.C. Judson; Sentence of Henry L. Foote; Important Legal Decision; A Female Sailor

By: N/A

Price: $162.50

Publisher: Boston, Fay & Co.: 1849

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: Books007219

Condition: Good

An uncommon survival, with no evidence of being disbound (or of having had a rear blank). A second edition was printed the following year: Sabin 60827. Original thread holding fine. Loss to top right of title page, with curled corners and chipping to extremities. 24 pages. View more info

Memorial of Sundry Citizens of Putnam County, in the State of Georgia: March 11, 1824. Referred to the Committee of the Whole House to which is Committed the Bill to Amend the Several Acts Imposing Duties on Imports. 18th Congress, 1st Session: 114.

By: N/A

Price: $32.50

Publisher: Washington, Gales & Seaton: 1824

Seller ID: Books007221

Condition: Very Good

8.75 x 5.5 inches. 4 pages including cover. A clean example. View more info

Memorial of the General Assembly of the State of Louisiana. April 18, 1820:..."An Act Regulating the Currency, Within the United States, of the Gold Coins of Great Britain, France, Portugal, and Spain....

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Price: $32.50

Publisher: Washington, Gales & Seaton: 1820

Seller ID: Books007222

Condition: Very Good

Full title: Memorial of the General Assembly of the State of Louisiana. April 18, 1820: Referred to the Select Committee ... to Enquire Into the Expediency of Continuing in Force, for a Limited Time, "An Act Regulating the Currency, Within the United States, of the Gold Coins of Great Britain, France, Portugal, and Spain, and the Crowns of France, and Five Franc Pieces," as Relates to the Gold Coins of Those Countries. [113]. 8.75 x 5.5 inches. 4 pages including ... View more info

Resolution and Memorial of the Legislature of the State of Ohio: Upon the Subject of the Lands Set Apart for the Purposes of Public Schools. March 10, 1824. Read, and Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands. 18th Congress, 1st Session: 113

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Price: $32.50

Publisher: Washington, Gales & Seaton: 1824

Seller ID: Books007223

Condition: Very Good

8.75 x 5.5 inches. 8 pages including cover. A clean example. View more info

1846 Congressional Senate papers US Army Pensions Louisiana Michigan Land Claims. Three Documents from 29th Congress, 1st Session.

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Price: $32.50

Publisher: 1846

Seller ID: Books007224

Condition: Good

9 x 7 inches. Three Documents from 29th Congress, 1st Session: In Senate of the United States. June 27, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Johnson, of Louisiana, made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 218.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Welcome Parmeter, report. [411] 1 page. WITH: In Senate of the United States. June 27, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Johnson, of Louisiana, made the following ... View more info

Jumbo Jum. An Original Farce In One Act .

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Price: $188.50

Publisher: Boston, Walter H. Baker & Co.: 1889

Seller ID: Books007376

Condition: Very Good

7.3 x 4.8 inches. 16 pages plus 8 pages of ads at rear. Some splitting to spine fold but original sewn binding holding fine with covers secure. "P.H. Boys Club" to top of front cover in old ink; else unmarked. A remarkably well preserved example of this scarce work. WorldCat shows no institutional holdings of this Baker edition. Tremont, Boston, 1842 list of Characters (and Costumes) at front, with Mr. T.D. Rice in the title role. List of "Baker's Darkey Play... View more info

The Resources, Wealth and Industrial Development of Colorado. Published by the Agricultural Department, Colorado Exhibit, at the World's Columbian Exposition, June 1, 1893

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Price: $188.50

Publisher: G. M. Collier: 1893

Seller ID: Books007443

Condition: Good

Clean and unmarked, with creasing and chipping to first three and final three leaves where the paper is especially brittle. 9 x 6 inches. 196 pages View more info

The Amherst Senior Class Book 1910. [ Amherst College Yearbook]

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Price: $156.25

Publisher: Amherst Mass., 1910

Seller ID: Books007491

Condition: Very Good

The Amherst College Senior Class Book of 1910. Unpaginated {c. 90 pages}. Individual photos of graduates with captions, as well as the 1906 Freshman and 1910 graduates photos - both with tissueguard numerical key and alphabetical key to names. Poetry, class prophecy, &c. Binding sturdy; no inscriptions; light foxing to preliminary and final leaves. From the estate of Louis J. Heath who matriculated in '06, graduated 1910, went on to complete a Masters at Harvard and bec... View more info

Amherst College class of 1910 Freshman Banquet memento from the evening of 8 December 1906 at America House, Boston

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Price: $156.25

Publisher: Philadelphia, E. A. Wright: 1906

Seller ID: Books007492

Condition: Very Good

The Amherst College class of 1910 Freshman Banquet memento from the evening of 8 December 1906 at America House, Boston. Six leaves; full leather cover with original cord binding. Gilded barrel with cup embossed to verso of first leaf, facing tipped-in photo of 40 or so lads informally posed and looking hungry. "Menu", "Toasts", "Committee" and "Autographs" embossed and gilded. Printed by E. A. Wright of Philadelphia. 80 or so hand-signed ... View more info

AMHERST COLLEGE 1910 original Graduating Class Photo

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Price: $156.25

Publisher: Amherst Mass., 1910

Seller ID: Books007493

Condition: Very Good

Amherst College graduation photograph 1910, and one other. The graduation photo measures 13.7 x 7 inches, it is tipped on to slightly larger light card at top, that in turn was originally backed by a slightly larger beige mat. Verso (blank rear) shows light staining to lower left corner. The smaller photo measures 9 x 4.6 inches. Both are in excellent condition with no scratches or creasing. Though my photos are foggy, the original is sharp. A very pleasing ensemble with... View more info

Three consecutive issues of Amherst College Class Day booklets: 1910, 1911, 1912.

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Price: $156.25

Publisher: Philadelphia, E. A. Wright: 1912

Seller ID: Books007494

Condition: Very Good

Each with leather covers and tissue guarded frontispiece. 1910 and 1912 retain the leather thong spine tie. Spine of 1911 though sound is partially split and the tissue guard detached and chipped. Contents of each are clean and unmarked. Nine leaves plus tissue guard in each. Loss to lower right of paper insert on front of 1912. From the estate of Louis J. Heath who matriculated in '06, graduated 1910, went on to complete a Masters at Harvard and become a well respected ... View more info

Amherst In The War [ Bulletins of Amherst College Volume 7; Bulletin Number 3; June, 1918 ]

By: N/A

Price: $39.00

Publisher: Amherst Mass., The Alumni Council of Amherst College: 1918

Seller ID: Books007495

Condition: Very Good

16 pages, in card covers, with 12 photographs. Unobtrusive foxing to a few leaves; original staples with a touch of rust but holding fine. From the estate of Louis J. Heath who matriculated in '06, graduated 1910, went on to complete a Masters at Harvard and become a well respected journalist in Washington and in Central and South America. Measures 7.75 x 5.3 inches. We have Amherst memorabilia from the 1906 - 1912 period and are happy to combine shipping; please inquire... View more info

In Memory of Royden Wolcott Allen 1891-1913

By: N/A

Price: $97.50

Publisher: Boston, Merrymount Press: 1913

Seller ID: Books008466

Condition: Very Good

Maroon paper spine and grey over boards with gilt to front and spine. Grey endpapers, two blank white leaves, half title, tissue guarded frontispiece, title page, Phillips Brooks quotation, 15 paginated pages, Arthur Hugh Clough quotation, blanks as at front. The Brooks>Page 1 leaves are uncut. Merrymount watermark to paper. No inscriptions. Slight nick to fore-edge of page 5, else fine in chipped glassine wrapper. Apart from the aforementioned quotations, the text consi... View more info

A bound collection of sheet music dating from the 1850s and 1860s, including 1861 Civil War Confederate Ballad: The Moon Rose O'er the Battle Plain

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Price: $942.50

Seller ID: Books007190

Condition: Very Good

A collection of sheet music dating from the 1850s and 1860s, consisting of 33 compositions. 113 leaves [226 pages] plus blank endpaper at front. Some European imprints with American distributor, and some American imprints. Please scroll down for a complete list. The volume, measuring 12.75 x 10.4 inches, is in half leather over cloth-backed boards. Scuffing and chipping at extremities and a 2 inch split along spine at upper hinge. Four raised bands to spine with gilt tit... View more info

Early original engraved American Sheet Music Collection including c. 1817 YANKEE DOODLE

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Price: $1,885.00

Seller ID: Books007191

Condition: Very Good

An important collection of early American sheet music bound in one volume, consisting of two preliminary leaves of hand-written Index, 113 leaves [i.e. 226 pages] of printed content, and three terminal blank leaves. Please scroll down for a complete list. The volume, measuring 13.75 x 10.25 inches, is in half-leather over marbled boards, with four raised bands to spine. Spine titles and decoration in gilt: Music / Vol. 1. Leather and boards scuffed; foxing, stains, age-t... View more info

Greenfield Tap and Die Corporation : Gages, Taps, Dies , Threading Machines, Reamers. Catalog 37 [1916: first combined catalog]

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Price: $318.50

Publisher: Greenfield, MA, Greenfield Tap & Die / Minnot Printing: 1916

Seller ID: Books008904

Condition: Good

270 pages. Rare, profusely illustrated catalog, copyright 1916 in the midst of acquisitions: "NOTE: This is the first combined catalog of the Greenfield Tap and Die Corporation and cancels all previous division catalogs as follows: Wells Brothers Company, No. 34; Wiley & Russell Mfg. Co., No. 36; A. J. Smart Mfg. Company, No. 3." [from title page]. One-inch split along upper hinge from top; edges thumbed; unobtrusive liquid stain to lower outside corner and aroun... View more info

1881 New York CATALOGUE of Silverware, Jewelry, Watches, Diamonds. Gorham Manufacturing; Carter, Sloan & Company; American Watch Company of Waltham Mass. [Robbins & Appleton]; Alfred H. Smith & Co.

By: N/A

Price: $1,625.00

Publisher: Cambridge, MA, Riverside Press: 1881

Seller ID: Books009081

Condition: Very Good

110 pages. 10.7 x 8.4 inches. A superb 1881 original New York catalogue representing four companies: Gorham Manufacturing Company, Silversmiths. Carter, Sloan & Company, Makers of Gold Jewelry, Bracelets, and Chains. American Watch Company of Waltham Mass. [Robbins & Appleton]. Alfred H. Smith & Co., Diamonds. Each of the four sections has its own title page and is noted as Copyright 1881. Uncommon, no doubt due to the original expense of production and limited number of... View more info

Hebron, Connecticut. Bicentennial August 23rd to25th, 1908. An Account of the Celebration of the Two Hundredth Anniversary of the Incorporation of the Town

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Price: $84.50

Publisher: Hebron, Connecticut, The Hebron Bicentennial Committee: 1910

Edition: First Edition

Seller ID: Books009406

Condition: Good

77pp. red ink stains to boards View more info