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LETTERS FROM GOLDEN LATITUDES. The following letters, from a well-known correspondent, who visited the Northwest in May and June, 1885, are presented ... setting forth the actual condition and future prospects of the agricultural and other interests of that region ... dexterously interwoven in the narrative, a large amount of valuable statistical and other information, relative to the various sections of the country traversed by the writer in his tour of 2,000 miles. Minneapolis St. Paul, Manitoba Railway Co.

St. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba Railway Co.

LETTERS FROM GOLDEN LATITUDES. The following letters, from a well-known correspondent, who visited the Northwest in May and June, 1885, are presented ... setting forth the actual condition and future prospects of the agricultural and other interests of that region ... dexterously interwoven in the narrative, a large amount of valuable statistical and other information, relative to the various sections of the country traversed by the writer in his tour of 2,000 miles.

St. Paul, Minnesota: Pioneer Press, 1885. First Edition. Original Wrappers. 48pp; complete with 9 full-page views, map on back cover. Bound in salmon wrappers, title printed on cover. 8.75" x 5.75" The letters are datelined at various places along the route: Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minnesota; Lockhart Farm, Norman County... More

Price: $200.00

CYCLISTS' PARADISE: An Accurate Map showing only the Ridable Roads of Long Island with notes, suggestions, runs, hotels and time tables sufficient to enable any one to "lay out a trip" intelligently. Long Island Railroad.

Long Island Railroad

CYCLISTS' PARADISE: An Accurate Map showing only the Ridable Roads of Long Island with notes, suggestions, runs, hotels and time tables sufficient to enable any one to "lay out a trip" intelligently.

Long Island City, NY: Long Island Railroad Co. 1897. First Edition. Original Wrappers. pp: (2), 18; folding strip map at front (printed in red, blue and black) opens to 4.75" x 21". Bound in silver-stamped, pictorial purple wrappers. 5.75" x 3.75" Indicates good and fair roads for the length of... More

Price: $225.00

COLTON'S TRAVELER AND TOURIST'S GUIDE-BOOK THROUGH THE WESTERN STATES AND TERRITORIES, containing brief descriptions of each, with the Routes and Distances on the Great Lines of Travel. Accompanied by a Map, exhibiting the Township Lines of the U.S. Surveys, the Boundaries of Counties, Position of Cities, Villages, Settlements, etc. John Hutchins Colton.

Colton, John Hutchins

COLTON'S TRAVELER AND TOURIST'S GUIDE-BOOK THROUGH THE WESTERN STATES AND TERRITORIES, containing brief descriptions of each, with the Routes and Distances on the Great Lines of Travel. Accompanied by a Map, exhibiting the Township Lines of the U.S. Surveys, the Boundaries of Counties, Position of Cities, Villages, Settlements, etc.

New York: J.H. Colton and Company, 1855. First Edition. Original Cloth. pp: 99, (1) tables of moneys, 36 publisher's catalogue; hand-colored, folding map at rear, opens to 22" x 24". Few spots of foxing to first and last few text leaves, map in excellent condition. Bound in red cloth, blind-stamped... More

Price: $750.00

WHALEMEN'S SHIPPING LIST, AND MERCHANTS' TRANSCRIPT, Vol. 34, No. 39, Tuesday Morning, November 14, 1876. Eben P. Raymond.

Raymond, Eben P., editor

WHALEMEN'S SHIPPING LIST, AND MERCHANTS' TRANSCRIPT, Vol. 34, No. 39, Tuesday Morning, November 14, 1876

New Bedford, MA: Eben P. Raymond, 1876. First Edition. 4pp, newspaper format, 21.75" x 14.5". Contains: a table of Importations in 1876, showing the day of arrival, and the amount of Oil and Whalebone brought by each vessel; "The Diamond Cross" (short story); Cooking Meat by Cold; New Bedford Oil... More

Price: $60.00

THE BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER AND ADMINISTRATION OF THE SACRAMENTS, AND OTHER RITES AND CEREMONIES OF THE CHURCH. According to the Use of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America: Together with the Psalter, or Psalms of David. Church of England.

Church of England

THE BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER AND ADMINISTRATION OF THE SACRAMENTS, AND OTHER RITES AND CEREMONIES OF THE CHURCH. According to the Use of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America: Together with the Psalter, or Psalms of David.

New York: D. Appleton & Co. 1855. Morocco. pp: 670 + 237 with first-line index. Bound in black pebble-grain morocco, elaborate gilt-stamped decorations on spine and both boards, all edges gilt, yellow coated endpapers. 5.5" x 3" More

Price: $125.00

EMILY MARIA. A TRUE NARRATIVE.; By Rev. Samuel H. Elliot. Samuel H. Elliot.

Elliot, Samuel H.

EMILY MARIA. A TRUE NARRATIVE.; By Rev. Samuel H. Elliot.

New York: American Tract Society, nd [1860s]. Original Cloth. 72pp; engraved frontispiece view, tissue guard. Bound in blue cloth, blind-stamped rules and sunburst device on both boards, gilt spine title and decorative rules, buff endpapers; minor spot on cover. 6" x 4" Biography of a young Christian who goes to... More

Price: $25.00

THE SCRIPTURE ALPHABET OF ANIMALS. Mrs. Harriet N. Cook.

Cook, Mrs. Harriet N.

THE SCRIPTURE ALPHABET OF ANIMALS

New York: American Tract Society, (1842). First Edition. Original Cloth. 98pp; complete with 16 engraved plates by Childs. Bound in brown cloth, elaborate floral design blind-stamped on both boards, gilt-decorated spine; small chip from head of spine, joints cracked and holding. old lacquer over original cloth, some foxing in text... More

Price: $50.00

THE TRUE HERO. Anonymous.

Anonymous

THE TRUE HERO

New York: General Protestant Episcopal Sunday School Union and Church Book Society, 1865. First Edition. Cloth-backed boards. 36pp; frontispiece and one other plate by Childs, two tail-pieces, publisher's emblem on title-page. A second title-page states, "Published by The Sunday School of St. Peter's Church, Plymouth, Conn." Bound in cloth-backed marbled... More

Price: $45.00

COOKERY MADE EASY: Being a Complete System of Domestic Management, uniting Elegance with Economy. To which are added, Instructions for Trussing & Carving, with several descriptive plates; Method of Curing & Drying Hams and Tongues. How to make Mushroom and Walnut Ketchups, Quin's Sauce, Vinegars, &c., &c. With other necessary information, the whole being the result of Actual Experience.; By Michael Willis, many years cook at the Thatcher-House Tavern. Michael Willis.

Willis, Michael

COOKERY MADE EASY: Being a Complete System of Domestic Management, uniting Elegance with Economy. To which are added, Instructions for Trussing & Carving, with several descriptive plates; Method of Curing & Drying Hams and Tongues. How to make Mushroom and Walnut Ketchups, Quin's Sauce, Vinegars, &c., &c. With other necessary information, the whole being the result of Actual Experience.; By Michael Willis, many years cook at the Thatcher-House Tavern.

London: Orlando Hodgson, Cloth Fair, nd [circa 1840]. Early edition. Cloth-backed boards. pp: xvi, 216; frontispiece engraving of a butcher shop, 5 plates of trussing & carving instructions. Contains many period recipes, monthly suggestions for bills of fare, marketing tables by weight, and an Expence, Income, or Wages Table. Bound... More

Price: $150.00

[palm card] "THEY ALL WEAR THEM". These Goodyear Welted Shoes are Manufactured by H.S. Robinson & Burtenshaw, 63 & 65 Jefferson Avenue, Detroit, Mich. Goodyear Welted Shoes.

Goodyear Welted Shoes

[palm card] "THEY ALL WEAR THEM". These Goodyear Welted Shoes are Manufactured by H.S. Robinson & Burtenshaw, 63 & 65 Jefferson Avenue, Detroit, Mich.

Detroit, MI: Robinson & Burtenshaw, circa 1880s. Original document. The face of this palm card, printed in blue, shows two women in Victorian dress, approaching a third woman who greets them from her porch. The verso contains promotional text, in part: "...Bridget heard one of the visitors say that her... More

Price: $20.00

TEL TYLER AT SCHOOL: Third of the Goldy Books. Mary Densel.

Densel, Mary

TEL TYLER AT SCHOOL: Third of the Goldy Books.

New-York: E.P. Dutton and Company, 1877. copyright 1872. Original Cloth. 186pp; frontispiece illustration. Bound in brown cloth, spine and front cover decorated in black and gilt, blind-stamped decoration on rear cover, yellow coated endpapers. Bright and sound. 6.25" x 4" Here are the girlish adventures of the Tyler sisters, Mrs... More

Price: $35.00

ARCHIVE OF MASONIC EPHEMERA, CIRCA 1871-1874. Knights Templar.

Knights Templar

ARCHIVE OF MASONIC EPHEMERA, CIRCA 1871-1874

v.p. v.p. 1871. Original documents. This archive comprises a hundred or so Conclave and Grand Commandery printed silk ribbons (some pictorial) from many states, including California, Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, and other Confederate states in the Reconstruction era. Also present are more than 100 printed menus, invitations, dance cards... More

Price: $900.00

HOUSEHOLD ELEGANCIES: Suggestions in Household Art and Tasteful Room Decorations. Mrs. C. S. Jones, Henry T. Williams.

Jones, Mrs. C.S. and Henry T. Williams

HOUSEHOLD ELEGANCIES: Suggestions in Household Art and Tasteful Room Decorations.

New York: Henry T. Williams, 1877. Fourth Edition. Original Cloth. pp: 300, (1) index, (7) publisher's illustrated ads; decorated title-page, illustrations throughout the text, some full-page. Bound in decorated blue cloth, stamped in black and gilt, brown coated endpapers. Clean and sound. 8.5" x 5.75" More

Price: $75.00

HANDWRITTEN BOOK: THE TESTAMENT OF CHRIST--Two Sermons Preached in Passion Week 1852, by Robert C. Jenkins, M.A., Rector and Vicar of Lyminge. Robert C. Jenkins.

Jenkins, Robert C.

HANDWRITTEN BOOK: THE TESTAMENT OF CHRIST--Two Sermons Preached in Passion Week 1852, by Robert C. Jenkins, M.A., Rector and Vicar of Lyminge.

1852. Original manuscript. Morocco. (54)pp, written neatly on the rectos only in a bound volume of unlined paper. Sermon I: The Commendation of the Children to the Father. Sermon II: The Commendation of the Children of Christ to One-another. Bound in purple morocco over flexible boards, marbled endpapers; spine sunned... More

Price: $250.00

MRS. WINSLOW'S DOMESTIC RECEIPT BOOK FOR 1873. Jeremiah Curtis, John I. Brown.

Curtis, Jeremiah & John I. Brown

MRS. WINSLOW'S DOMESTIC RECEIPT BOOK FOR 1873.

New York: Curtis & Brown, 1873. First Edition. Original Wrappers. 32pp. Contains many recipes for breakfast and tea cakes, puddings and pies, dessert cakes, side dishes and relishes, pickles and preserves, and home remedies, along with ads and testimonials for Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup, Brown's Bronchial Troches and Vermifuge Comfits... More

Price: $30.00

NOAH, AND OTHER POEMS.; By C.T. Bateman. Christopher T. Bateman.

Bateman, Christopher T.

NOAH, AND OTHER POEMS.; By C.T. Bateman.

Cincinnati: Moore, Wilstach & Baldwin, Printers, 1865. First Edition. Original Cloth. pp: 169, (1) errata. Bound in diced purple cloth, both covers blind-stamped with an image of a woman playing a lyre within a floral wreath, gilt spine title; purple spine cloth faded to tan. 7" x 4.5" The other... More

Price: $50.00

THE THREE ERAS OF A WOMAN'S LIFE: Containing The Maiden, The Wife, and The Mother. By T.S. Arthur. Timothy Shay Arthur.

Arthur, Timothy Shay

THE THREE ERAS OF A WOMAN'S LIFE: Containing The Maiden, The Wife, and The Mother. By T.S. Arthur.

Philadelphia: J.W. Bradley, 1859. copyright 1850. Full Calf. pp: 162, 161, 141 + (10) publisher's ads; engraved frontispiece view. Bound in tan calf, embossed with all-over floral pattern, gilt and blue title medallions on covers and spine, all edges gilt. Spine gilt is lightly rubbed. A pencilled gift inscription is... More

Price: $75.00

JO'S BOYS, AND HOW THEY TURNED OUT. A SEQUEL TO "LITTLE MEN." Louisa May Alcott.

Alcott, Louisa May

JO'S BOYS, AND HOW THEY TURNED OUT. A SEQUEL TO "LITTLE MEN."

Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1886. First Edition. Original Cloth. 365pp; 18pp illustrated ads, frontispiece portrait with tissue guard. Bound in green cloth, decorated in gilt, red and black, all-over floral pattern endpapers. Bright and near fine. 7" x 4.5" [Blanck, BAL 211, first state with leaves bulking 1-1/16".]. More

Price: $175.00

JON. FRED. GRONOVII. AD L. & M. ANNAEOS SENECAS NOTAE. Johann Friedrich Gronov.

Gronov, Johann Friedrich

JON. FRED. GRONOVII. AD L. & M. ANNAEOS SENECAS NOTAE.

Amsterdam: Ludovicum & Danielem Elzevirios (Elzevir), 1658. Elzevir edition. Vellum. pp: (24), 490, (23) index; woodcut printer's device on title-page. Bound in old laced vellum, red leather spine label; armorial bookplate. 5.5" x 3" Gronov, a classical scholar, succeeded Heinsius at the University of Leiden. This book contains Gronov's notes... More

Price: $175.00

QUINTUS HORATIUS FLACCUS [OPERA]. Horace.

Horace

QUINTUS HORATIUS FLACCUS [OPERA]

Birmingham: S. Baskerville, 1777. Baskerville Press edition. Morocco. 300pp. Bound in red morocco, gilt rules on spine and covers, small typographical ornaments on spine panels and corner boses of covers, dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Old ownership signature on verso free-endpaper, Latin quote written neatly on blank flyleaf. 6.25" x 3.5" More

Price: $125.00

"EAST COAST MEMORIAL": AMERICAN BATTLE MONUMENTS COMMISSION, DEDICATION CEREMONY, 1963 [cover title]. John Fitzgerald Kennedy, others.

Kennedy, John Fitzgerald & others

"EAST COAST MEMORIAL": AMERICAN BATTLE MONUMENTS COMMISSION, DEDICATION CEREMONY, 1963 [cover title]

1963. Original album. Leatherette. Professional-quality album of original, glossy photographs, proof-sheets of the dedication programme, news clippings featuring JFK and other dignitaries, the naval honor-guard of ships, the engraved invitation (name not filled in), etc. All items are mounted on 26 leaves of heavy gray stock, with tissue overlays, in... More

Price: $120.00

THE PAUPERS. By John L. Zieber. Air.--"Ben Bolt." Paupers.. song sheet.

Paupers...song sheet

THE PAUPERS. By John L. Zieber. Air.--"Ben Bolt."

Philadelphia: Thomas M. Scroggy, circa 1850s. Original edition. Contains four verses, in part: "Oh don't you remember the Paupers, Tom Brown? / The Paupers who ain't got no dough...." Typographic ornamental border. 9.25" x 6" [Wolf, American Song Sheets, 1859.]. More

Price: $35.00

THE GIRL FROM YEWDALL'S MILL. By Jimmy Smith. Air: "The Raging Canal." Girl.. song sheet.

Girl...song sheet

THE GIRL FROM YEWDALL'S MILL. By Jimmy Smith. Air: "The Raging Canal."

Philadelphia: Thomas M. Scroggy, circa 1860s. Original edition. Contains eight verses, in part: "It is of a girl at Fairmount, that I am going to sing, / Her cruel, sad misfortune tears to your eyes will bring; / She loved a gallant boatman who always dressed to kill, / She... More

Price: $50.00

THE COAL BLACK STEED. An Original Glee--Words by John Moore. Coal.. song sheet.

Coal...song sheet

THE COAL BLACK STEED. An Original Glee--Words by John Moore.

Philadelphia: Thomas M. Scroggy, circa 1850s. Original edition. Contains three verses, in part: "The Knight is on his steed again, / To fields of war he's going...." Typographic ornamental border. 9.5" x 6" [Wolf, American Song Sheets, 323.]. More

Price: $30.00

THE ORIGINAL, BEN BOLT. Unabridged, and Unaltered. Ben.. song sheet.

Ben...song sheet

THE ORIGINAL, BEN BOLT. Unabridged, and Unaltered.

Philadelphia: Thomas M. Scroggy, circa 1850s. Original edition. Contains five verses, in part: "Don't you remember sweet Alice, Ben Bolt? / Sweet Alice whose hair was so brown...." Typographic ornamental border. 9.5" x 6" [Wolf, American Song Sheets, 131b.]. More

Price: $40.00

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