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LET'S GO! DAYTRIPPING IN AND AROUND THE PALOUSE

By: Rayburn, Barbara; editor

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Pullman, WA: Pullman Branch, The American Association of University Women, (1974).: (1974).

Seller ID: 15340

Condition: Very good

Pullman, WA: Pullman Branch, The American Association of University Women, (1974).. (1974).. Very good. - Octavo, softcover bound in golden yellow wraps titled in brown with an image of a map in the background. The head & tail of the spine are slightly chipped. 87 & [5] pages. Black-and-white illustrations. Very good.

A guide to scenic and historical sites and community events within a hundred-mile radius of the university cities of Moscow, Idaho and Pullman, Washington.
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OUT WEST ON THE OVERLAND TRAIN. Across-the-Continent Excursion with Leslie's Magazine in 1877 and the Overland Trip in 1967 by Richard Reinhardt

By: Reinhardt, Richard

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Palo Alto, CA: The American West Publishing Co., (1967).: (1967).

Seller ID: 30116

Condition: Very good

Palo Alto, CA: The American West Publishing Co., (1967).. (1967).. Very good. - Quarto, cloth, in a dust wrapper. The dust wrapper is chipped with a piece out of the bottom corner of the front panel & a vertical crease to the rear panel. 207 pages. Illustrated in black & white with reproductions of the original drawings from Leslie's Magazine. Near fine in a good dust wrapper.

The Frank Leslie party's account of their 1877 trip is assembled in book form for the first time, accompanied by Richard Reinhardt's commentary and his description of his own overland trip ninety years later. Dust jac...
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ALBANY AUTHORS / A LIST OF BOOKS WRITTEN BY ALBANIANS CONTAINED IN THE COLLECTION OF THE ALBANY INSTITUTE AND HISTORICAL AND ART SOCIETY. With Biographical Data

By: Reynolds, Cuyler

Price: $75.00

Publisher: (Albany, NY: Albany Institute), 1902.: 1902.

Seller ID: 6151

Condition: Good

(Albany, NY: Albany Institute), 1902.. 1902.. Good. - 12mo, printed self-wraps. Very slightly darkened & chipped. 107 pp. The page edges are darkened. Horizontal tears to 3 pages. Good.

Scarce.
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ARCTIC MOOD: A Narrative of Arctic Adventures

By: Richards, Eva Alvey

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Caldwell, ID: The Caxton Printers, Ltd., 1949.: 1949.

Seller ID: 1361

Condition: Good

Caldwell, ID: The Caxton Printers, Ltd., 1949.. 1949.. Good. - Octavo, dark blue cloth titled in white on spine & in blind on front cover. The covers are bumped & rubbed with slight bubbling to the cloth of the front cover. There are small dents in the spine. 282 pp. There is a light stain to the front endpaper & to a rear blank. Blue & white pictorial endpaper maps, full-page B&W illustrations & B&W plates. Good.

First edition.

The author was appointed to the Alaska Division of the Native School and Medical Service (Department of the Interior) with assignment to the Eskimo village of Wai...
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A NORTHERN COUNTRYSIDE

By: Richards, Rosalind

Price: $20.00

Publisher: New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1916.: 1916.

Seller ID: 11128

Condition: Good

New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1916.. 1916.. Good. - Octavo, navy blue cloth titled in gilt with an original black-and-white photograph mounted on the front cover. The binding is rubbed & lightly bumped with light spotting to the rear cover. vi, [iv] & 210 pages plus 4- page publisher's catalog. There is light foxing to the top edge & fore- edge & occasional soiling to the margins of the text. There are small creases to the front edges of the 2 leaves following the title & to the bottom corners of the last few leaves. Black-and-white plates, including a frontispiece, from photographs by Ber...
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FROM THIS DAY FORWARD

By: Roberts, Steve; and Roberts, Cokie

Price: $10.00

Publisher: New York: William Morrow and Company, Inc., (2000).: (2000).

Seller ID: 15958

ISBN: 0688168914

Condition: Very good

New York: William Morrow and Company, Inc., (2000).. (2000).. Very good. INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY STEVE & COKIE ROBERTS - Octavo, cloth-backed boards, in a dust wrapper. The covers are slightly bumped & the tail of the dust jacket spine is lightly creased. There is a crease to the front flap and some ink marks to the front panel of the dust jacket. xvi & 352 pages. There are some ink markings on the front endpaper. Very good.

First edition.

Inscribed by Steve and Cokie Roberts and signed in full by both on the title page. Dust jacket present. First Edition.
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TYPED LETTER SIGNED BY GOVERNOR OF NEW YORK STATE NELSON A. ROCKEFELLER TO CITY CENTER PRODUCER JEAN DALRYMPLE.

By: Rockefeller, Nelson A.

Price: $75.00

Publisher: July 10, 1968.: 1968.

Seller ID: 36591

Condition: Very good

- Typed letter filling one side of a 10-1/2 inch high by 8-1/2 inch wide cream-colored sheet of his personalized letterhead with his name embossed at the top. Signed "Nelson". A diagonal red pencil line across the letter indicates that Dalrymple has answered it. Folded 3 times for mailing. Very good. Rockefeller writes to thank Jean Dalrymple "[in] the last crucial weeks before the Convention in Miami" for agreeing to serve as a co-chairman of the Arts and Entertainment Committee for his current campaign. "As Governor of New York I am proud of the pioneering role played by ...
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EARNEST WORDS TO YOUNG MEN, In a Series of Discourses. By E. P. Rogers, Pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, Augusta, Geo., and Author of "Discourses on Election."

By: Rogers, E. P

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Charleston, SC: Walker and James, 1851.: 1851.

Seller ID: 15791

Condition: Good

Charleston, SC: Walker and James, 1851.. 1851.. Good. - Small octavo, dark brown cloth titled in gilt on the spine with decorative frames in blind on both covers. The covers are rubbed & bumped with the cloth worn away at the corners & with a small score mark to the front cover. The spine is faded with the head & tail chipped & with 2 tiny pieces out. 288 pages. There are 2 owner's names on the front endpaper with numerous pencil notations on the pastedown & endpaper. The front edge of the endpaper is chipped. The score mark to the front cover has partially broken through the front pastedown &...
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BIBLIOGRAFIA DE CRONISTAS DE LA CIUDAD DE MEXICO

By: Romero de Terreros, Manuel

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Mexico: Monografias Bibliograficas Mexicanas, 1926.: 1926.

Seller ID: 5853

Condition: Good

Mexico: Monografias Bibliograficas Mexicanas, 1926.. 1926.. Good. - (Bibliography No. 4). Small octavo, original printed wraps. The wraps are soiled & chipped. 18 pp. Pages lightly dampstained along the bottom edge. A good, partially unopened copy.
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TYPED LETTER SIGNED BY GOVERNOR GEORGE W. ROMNEY DETAILING ISSUES TO BE INCLUDED IN THE REPUBLICAN PLATFORM.

By: Romney, George W. (1907-1995) .43rd Governor of Michigan and Chairman of American Motors.

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Lansing, MI: June 28, 1968.: 1968.

Seller ID: 36474

Condition: Fine

- Typed letter filling one side of a cream-colored 100-1/2 inch high by 7-1/4 inch wide sheet of State of Michigan / Office of the Governor letterhead. Signed "George Romney" Folded twice for mailing. Fine. Following a meeting of the Republican Governors Association, Romney writes to Congressman Seymour Halpern that the Governors on the Temporary Platform Committee asked other Governors for additional proposals. "The Republican Governors Association's platform proposals covered the need for integrity in the domestic areas of law and justice, civil rights, credibility, gun control,...
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TYPED LETTER SIGNED BY GOVERNOR GEORGE W. ROMNEY CONGRATULATING CONGRESSMAN SEYMOUR HALPERN ON HIS REELECTION.

By: Romney, George W. (1907-1995). 43rd Governor of Michigan and Chairman of American Motors.

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Lansing, MI: December 20, 1966.: 1966.

Seller ID: 36475

Condition: Good

- Typed letter filling one side of a cream-colored 10-1/2 inch high by 7-1/4 inch wide sheet of State of Michigan / Office of the Governor letterhead. Signed "George Romney" There is a short tear to the right edge of the letter at the fold with light creasing along the right edge. Folded twice for mailing. Good. Romney writes to Congressman Seymour Halpern: "I want you to know how pleased we are in Michigan with the results of the congressional elections throughout the country --as well as the state elections. We are now truly the Party of Promise. / I am particularly happy about y...
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SUPPLEMENT TO THE BIBLIOTECA AMERICANA, A CATALOGUE OF AMERICAN PUBLICATIONS, FROM OCTOBER, 1852, TO MAY, 1855. (1 volume containing Volumes 2, 3 and 4)

By: Roorbach, Orville A.; compiler

Price: $40.00

Publisher: NY: Peter Smith, 1939.: 1939.

Seller ID: 6062

Condition: Very good

NY: Peter Smith, 1939.. 1939.. Very good. - Octavo, golden yellow cloth. Lightly soiled. 229, 256 & 162 pp. Very good.

A reprint of the original edition published in 1855.
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ADDRESS OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES / Delivered Before a Joint Session of the Two Houses of Congress January 4, 1935. First Session of the Seventy-Fourth Congress / 1935. (Cover title)

By: Roosevelt, Franklin D

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1935.: 1935.

Seller ID: 23208

Condition: Very good

Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1935.. 1935.. Very good. - Octavo, softcover bound in printed cream wraps. There is a very small area of spotting to the bottom edge of each wrap. 8 pages. The bottom corners of the leaves are very lightly creased. Very good.

First edition.

Franklin D. Roosevelt's second "State of the Union" address. First Edition.
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Image for THE RAILROADS: REPUBLICAN MISTAKES AND DEMOCRATIC REMEDIES. Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt's Speech Delivered at Salt Lake City, Utah Sept. 17, 1932

THE RAILROADS: REPUBLICAN MISTAKES AND DEMOCRATIC REMEDIES. Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt's Speech Delivered at Salt Lake City, Utah Sept. 17, 1932

By: Roosevelt, Franklin D

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Hotel Biltmore, New York City: Issued by the Democratic National Campain Committee, (1932).: (1932).

Seller ID: 29039

Condition: Good

Hotel Biltmore, New York City: Issued by the Democratic National Campain Committee, (1932).. (1932).. Good. - Tall narrow octavo, 9 inches high by 3-7/8 inches wide. Softcover, bound in stapled self-wraps titled in black on the first page. 16 pages, including 2 blanks, decorated with drop caps and bold sub-headings within text boxes inserted at the left margin of the text. The top left and bottom edge of the front cover are darkened and soiled. There is some light foxing to the rear cover and the bottom front corners are creased. Good.

Distributed by The Democratic National Campaign Committ...
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A VINTAGE NEWS PHOTOGRAPH DEPICTING PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT REVIEWING TROOPS STATIONED IN CASABLANCA, MOROCCO IN 1943 DURING WORLD WAR II, WITH A ROOSEVELT MEMORIAL POSTAGE STAMP AFFIXED TO THE BOTTOM OF THE PHOTO

By: Roosevelt, Franklin Delano (1882-1945), President of the United States

Price: $10.00

Publisher: 1943.: 1943.

Seller ID: 25691

Condition: Good

1943.. 1943.. Good. - sc The 7-3/4 inch high by 9-1/2 inch wide image depicts President Franklin Delano Roosevelt seated in his army jeep with his hat off, reviewing armed American troops lining the boulevard in Casablanca. Mounted at the bottom of the photograph is a 5 cent memorial US Postage stamp with an inset image of the President with his birth and death dates next to the motto "Freedom of Speech and Freedom from Want and Fear". The stamp is canceled by an illegible postmark stamped on the bottom of the photograph. There is a very tiny tear to the right edge and minor damage to ...
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POR QUE NOS ARMAMOS. [Leather Bound Spanish Language Edition].

By: Roosevelt, Franklin Delano.

Price: $75.00

Publisher: Washington: Cordinador de Relaciones Comerciales y Culturales Entre Las Republicas Americanas, 1941.: 1941.

Seller ID: 96347

Condition: Very good

BOUND IN FULL CALF WITH THE PRESIDENTIAL SEAL STAMPED IN GILT ON THE FRONT COVER. - 16mo, 7 inches high by 5 inches wide. Black calf titled in gilt on the spine with the Presidential seal stamped in gilt on the front cover. All edges are gilt. The covers are slightly rubbed and soiled. 93 pages, illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of Franklin D. Roosevelt. Very good. First edition. Six speeches delivered by FDR from December 1, 1936 through January 20, 1941. These include: 1. FDR's December 1, 1936 speech opening the Inter-American Conference for the Maintenance of Peace delivered in Buen...
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AMERICA AND HER ALMANACS: Wit, Wisdom & Weather 1639-1970

By: Sagendorph, Robb

Price: $10.00

Publisher: (Dublin, NH: Yankee, Inc., 1970).: 1970).

Seller ID: 5848

Condition: Very good

(Dublin, NH: Yankee, Inc., 1970).. 1970).. Very good. - Octavo, beige cloth, in dw. Slightly soiled. The dw is soiled with a small tear. 318 pp. Profusely illustrated in B&W. Very good. Dust jacket present.
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HUMAN SCALE.

By: Sale, Kirkpatrick.

Price: $20.00

Publisher: New York: Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, (1980).: (1980).

Seller ID: 94863

Condition: Good

- Thick octavo, dark blue cloth titled in gilt in a price-clipped dust wrapper. The top & bottom edges of the covers are slightly faded. The dust jacket is chipped & lightly soiled with remnants of 3 price-stickers on its front panel, affecting 2 words of the titling. Also with the remnant of a price-sticker on the spine. 558 pages. There is light foxing & minor soiling to the edges of the book. Very good in a good dust wrapper. First edition. Sale explores the problems of gigantism and uncontrolled growth in America and suggests ways to shape a more efficient and livable society built to the ...
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AN ADDRESS, IN COMMEMORATION OF THE COMPLETION OF THE FIRST FREE BRIDGE ACROSS CONNECTICUT RIVER. Together with a Report of the Proceedings and Remarks of Dr. Bournes, Dr. Crosby, Prof. Patterson, and Wm. H. Duncan, Esq. July 1st, 1859.

By: Sanborn, E. D.; et al.

Price: $45.00

Publisher: Hanover, NH: B. D Howe, 1859.: 1859.

Seller ID: 33784

Condition: Fair

Hanover, NH: B. D Howe, 1859.. 1859.. Fair. - Octavo, unbound, removed at some time in the past from a larger bound volume of pamphlets. Lacks the original wrappers. 40 pages sewn with cream cord. The title page is detached. There is occasional light foxing. Good.

First edition.

The Ledyard Free Bridge [as it was named on this occasion], crossed the Connecticut River to connect Hanover, New Hampshire with Norwich, Vermont. It was the first bridge across the Connecticut River without a toll. The address was given at Dartmouth College to an audience of citizens of Hanover and Norwich and st...
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AN ORATION DELIVERED BEFORE THE ALUMNI OF GILMANTON ACADEMY, August 4, 1859 by Edwin D. Sanborn, Professor of Classical Literature and History in Washington University, St. Louis, Mo.

By: Sanborn, Edwin D.

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Concord, NH: Printed by McFarland & Jenks, 1860.: 1860.

Seller ID: 33754

Condition: Good

Concord, NH: Printed by McFarland & Jenks, 1860.. 1860.. Good. - Octavo, unbound, removed at some time in the past from a larger bound volume of pamphlets. 25 pages & [3] blank leaves, sewn with white cord. The page edges are slightly darkened & there is some foxing & light staining to the title page. The bottom page corners are slightly bumped. Very good.

Gilmanton Academy in Gilmanton, New Hampshire was one of the oldest educational institutions in New England. It was incorporated in 1794.
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Category: Americana