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ROOSEVELT: A Study in Fortune and Power. Translated from the German by Maurice Samuel.

By: (Roosevelt, Franklin). Ludwig, Emil.

Price: $20.00

Publisher: New York: The Viking Press, 1938.: 1938.

Seller ID: 34273

Condition: Very good

New York: The Viking Press, 1938.. 1938.. Very good. - Octavo, gray cloth titled in gilt within gilt-framed blue rectangles on the front cover & spine, in a dust wrapper. The dust jacket is chipped & lightly rubbed & soiled. There is a piece out the tail of the jacket spine & there are tears to the head & tail & the panel, which have been repaired with brown tape internally. xii, [iv] & 350 pages The page edges are slightly darkened. 9 black-and-white plates, including a portrait frontispiece. Very good in a good dust wrapper.

First American edition. Dust jacket present. First Edition.
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THEODORE ROOSEVELT: A Biographical Sketch

By: (Roosevelt, Theodore). Hagedorn, Hermann

Price: $50.00

Publisher: New York: Privately Printed, Roosevelt Memorial Exhibition Committee, Columbia University, 1919.: 1919.

Seller ID: 29973

Condition: Good

New York: Privately Printed, Roosevelt Memorial Exhibition Committee, Columbia University, 1919.. 1919.. Good. FIRST EDITION SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR HERMANN HAGEDORN - Octavo, buff creamy white boards titled and decorated in black on the front cover. The covers are soiled and darkened along the edges and spine. The head and tail of the spine are chipped and there is wear to the corners. 44 & [2] pages, illustrated with 5 full-page illustrations. The binding is very slightly shaken. There is a tiny chip to the top edge of the front blank. The pages are toned with a couple of small minor stains and...
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THE HISTORY OF AMERICA IN DOCUMENTS: Original Autograph Letters, Manuscripts and Source Materials. Part I: The Period of Discovery to the Battle of Yorktown. (Catalogue)

By: (Rosenbach Company)

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Philadelphia, PA: The Rosenbach Company, 1949.: 1949.

Seller ID: 7236

Condition: Very good

Philadelphia, PA: The Rosenbach Company, 1949.. 1949.. Very good. - Large octavo, printed wraps. Heavily stained and chipped. 135 pp. Contents are very good.

462 extraordinary items are fully described and priced.
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REVOLUTIONARY PAPERS vol. ii. (In Collections of The New-York State Historical Society for the Year 1879)

By: (Schuyler, Major General Philip; Howe, Major General Robert; Rainsford, Charles

Price: $50.00

Publisher: New York: Printed for the New-York Historical Society, 1880.: 1880.

Seller ID: 31900

Condition: Good

New York: Printed for the New-York Historical Society, 1880.. 1880.. Good. - Octavo, green cloth titled in gilt with decorations in gilt on the spine. The binding is lightly bumped & rubbed with some small dents to the front cover. There is dampstaining to the front edge of the front cover with chipping to the cloth at the top & bottom corners. A small section of the front edge of the rear cover is also dampstained. The head & tail of the spine are chipped. [ii], [5] leaves & 558 pages, mostly unopened. The page edges are darkened. There is light foxing to the front endpaper, flyleaf & rear bl...
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Image for THE REPORT OF A COMMITTEE APPOINTED TO EXPLORE THE WESTERN WATERS IN THE STATE OF NEW-YORK FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROSECUTING THE INLAND LOCK NAVIGATION.

THE REPORT OF A COMMITTEE APPOINTED TO EXPLORE THE WESTERN WATERS IN THE STATE OF NEW-YORK FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROSECUTING THE INLAND LOCK NAVIGATION.

By: (Schuyler, Philip; Watson, Elkanah; and Banyar, Goldsbrow).

Price: $75.00

Publisher: Albany: Weed, Parsons & Co., [1850].: [1850].

Seller ID: 35962

- Quarto, 11-1/2 inches high by 9 inches wide. Softcover, bound in plain white wrappers with the title penned in black on the front cover. The covers are soiled and creased along the edges with some chipping to the front edges and a tiny hole to the front cover. 12 pages consisting of the title and pages [661] through 670. The top and front edges of the pages are darkened and there is dampstaining along the inner edges of the pages.

Extracted from "The Documentary History of the State of New York: Arranged Under Direction of the Hon. Christopher Morgan, Secretary of State" Volume 3,...
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MANUAL OF WESTCHESTER COUNTY. PAST AND PRESENT. CIVIL LIST TO DATE. 1898. RARE FIRST EDITION.

By: (Smith, Henry T.).

Price: $75.00

Publisher: White Plains, NY: Henry T. Smith, 1898.: 1898.

Seller ID: 22042

Condition: Good

- Octavo, orange tan boards titled in gilt on the spine with a device in gilt on the front cover. The covers are quite rubbed and soiled. 300 pages, with 83 full-page illustrations and 11 engraved plates, mostly portraits. The binding is cracked at page 130. Else, good.

First edition. Rare.

This is the first volume of an eventual three. Volumes 2 and 3 were laterpublished in 1912 and 1913. First Edition.
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GARDENS OF DELIGHT: Maps and Travel Accounts of Illinois and the Great Lakes from the Collection of Hermon Dunlap Smtih. An Exhibition at the Newberry Library / 29 October 1984 -- 31 January 1985. Catalog prepared by Robert W. Karrow, Jr. and David Buisseret with a Foreword by Lawrence W. Towner. (Catalog)

By: (Smith, Hermon Dunlap). Karrow, Robert W., Jr.; Buisseret, David

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Chicago: The Newberry Library, 1984.: 1984.

Seller ID: 14123

Condition: Very good

Chicago: The Newberry Library, 1984.. 1984.. Very good. - Octavo, softcover bound in pictorial wraps. There are some small, minor stains to the rear wrap & its top corner is lightly bumped. The head of the spine is slightly chipped. 39 & [1] pages. Illustrated with facsimiles in black, white & gray. Very good.
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PHOTOGRAPHS OF MY FATHER.

By: (Spike, Rev. Robert W.). Spike, Paul.

Price: $10.00

Publisher: New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1973.: 1973.

Seller ID: 96033

Condition: Very good

- Octavo, brown cloth in a dust wrapper. The covers are lightly spotted. The dust wrapper is lightly chipped & the top edge of its rear flap is darkened. [iv] & 259 pages plus colophon. Photographic illustrations in black & white. Very good. First edition Paul Spike's father, the Rev. Robert W. Spike, was "perhaps the most important white man among the leadership of the black civil rights movement during the early sixties". In the midst of fighting to save the Child Development Group of Mississippi in 1966 he was found bludgeoned to death in Columbus, Ohio, a murder that was still unso...
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RARE AMERICANA: A Catalogue of Historical and Geographical Books, Pamphlets & Manuscripts Relating to America with Numerous Annotations Bibliographical and Descriptive. (Catalogue)

By: (Stevens, Henry)

Price: $85.00

Publisher: London: Henry Stevens, Son and Stiles, [c. 1926].: [c. 1926].

Seller ID: 5898

Condition: Very good

London: Henry Stevens, Son and Stiles, [c. 1926].. [c. 1926].. Very good. - Octavo, original printed wraps. Soiled with some minor creasing. 578 pp. plus ads. 1 folding plate & B&W illustrations. Very good, especially for this very fragile catalogue.

2,156 items rare items, fully catalogued, described and indexed. One of the great rare book catalogues in the field of Americana.
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BIBLIOTECA AMERICANA: A CATALOGUE OF BOOKS RELATING TO THE HISTORY AND LITERATURE OF AMERICA. Sold by Messrs. Puttick and Simpson, Auctioneers of Literary Property.

By: (Stevens, Henry).

Price: $25.00

Publisher: London: Puttick and Simpson, 1861.: 1861.

Seller ID: 36189

Condition: Fair

- Octavo, rebound in green library cloth titled in gilt. The covers are warped & the cloth is heavily dampstained. 273 pp. The endpapers are dampstained. The contents are very good. 2,415 items are catalogued. "The Books described in this Catalogue were collected, several years since, by Mr. Henry Stevens, as material to be used in the completion of his yet unfinished Work upon American Bibliography."
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1881 PHOTOGRAPH OF THE [THOMAS] STODDARD HOUSE ON PRINCE STREET WHERE MAJOR PITCAIRN DIED.

By: (Stoddard, Thomas).

Price: $75.00

Publisher: 1881.: 1881.

Seller ID: 96015

Condition: Very good

- Sepia-toned photograph, approximately 5-1/4 inches high by 4 inches wide, inlaid within a larger sheet of cream stock, 10-5/8 inches high by 7-1/4 inches wide. The edges of the larger sheet are slightly darkened. Near fine. In the bottom left corner of the photograph, a Bostonian Society caption notes that the date of the photo is 1881 and that it depicts the Stoddard House on Prince Street, where Pitcairn died. The printed signature "H. P. Curtis" appears below the caption. Major Pitcairn was wounded at Bunker Hill and was carried to this house at 130 Prince street where he died. Th...
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THE BEAUTIFUL CAVERNS OF LURAY. Luray, Virginia. In The Shenandoah Valley. Miles of Subterranean Splendor. Brilliantly Lighted by Electricity. See America First

By: (Strickler, J.D.)

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Luray, Virginia: Luray Caverns Corporation, circa [1925].: [1925].

Seller ID: 23775

Condition: Good

Luray, Virginia: Luray Caverns Corporation, circa [1925].. [1925].. Good. - Oblong octavo, 5-1/4 inches high by 8 inches wide. Softcover, bound in printed light green wraps with a cover illustration of the caverns. The covers are soiled, stained and slightly creased with a few small chips to the top edge. 20 pages, with 7 full-page illustrations of the caverns and music centerfold with the lyrics and music to "Old Virginia". The pages are lightly soiled with some minor chips to the top edges. Good.

Includes advertisements for accomodations and "The Shenandoah Valley Route" o...
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IN MEMORIAM / MARY MILDRED SULLIVAN / 1836-1933

By: (Sullivan, Mary Mildred)

Price: $45.00

Publisher: New York, NY: Privately printed for The Mary Mildred Sullivan Chapter, United Daughters of the Confedeeracy, (1933).: (1933).

Seller ID: 10000

Condition: Very good

New York, NY: Privately printed for The Mary Mildred Sullivan Chapter, United Daughters of the Confedeeracy, (1933).. (1933).. Very good. - Octavo, soft covers bound in printed gray wraps. The spine & extremities are darkened. There is some light staining to the wraps & the edges are chipped with small pieces out. The bottom 2 inches of the rear wrap are detached. Title, [1] leaf & 57 pages. Illustrated with a black-and-white portrait frontispiece. The front edge of the verso of the frontispiece is lightly stained & there is a small, light stain to the rear blank, else the contents are very g...
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Image for PRINTED & MANUSCRIPT AMERICANA, Including Latin Americana / The Theodore Roosevelt Collection of Peter Scanlan. Public Auction Sale 2310. Tuesday, April 16, 2013....

PRINTED & MANUSCRIPT AMERICANA, Including Latin Americana / The Theodore Roosevelt Collection of Peter Scanlan. Public Auction Sale 2310. Tuesday, April 16, 2013....

By: (Swann Auction Galleries).

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York: Swann Auction Galleries, 2013.: 2013.

Seller ID: 94980

Condition: Very good

- Small quarto [approximately 9-1/2 inches high by 6-1/2 inches wide], softcover bound in pictorial wrappers. The head & tail of the spine are slightly rubbed. Unpaginated. Profuse color illustrations, including facsimiles. Near fine. Catalog for an auction held at the Swann Galleries in New York on April 16, 2013. 434 items are listed and fully described with estimated prices.An illustrated card announcing an upcoming auction of Fine Photographs and Photobooks is laid in.
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PRINTED & MANUSCRIPT AFRICAN AMERICANA. Public Auction Sale 2239. Thursday, March 10, 2011.

By: (Swann Galleries).

Price: $10.00

Publisher: New York: Swann Galleries, 2011.: 2011.

Seller ID: 94724

Condition: Very good

- Octavo [9-1/2 inches high by 6-1/2 inches wide], softcover bound in color pictorial wraps. The binding is very lightly rubbed & bumped and the head & tail of the spine are slightly chipped. Unpaginated, Profusely illustrated in black & white and color. Very good. Catalog for a Swann auction held in New York on March 10th, 2011. 507 items are catalogued with estimated prices.
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PRINTED & MANUSCRIPT AFRICAN AMERICANA. Public Auction Sale 2271. Thursday, March 1, 2012.

By: (Swann Galleries).

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York: Swann Galleries, 2012.: 2012.

Seller ID: 94725

Condition: Very good

- Octavo [9-1/2 inches high by 6-1/2 inches wide], softcover bound in color pictorial wraps. The binding is very lightly rubbed & bumped. Unpaginated, Profusely illustrated in color. Very good. Catalog for a Swann auction held in New York on March 1st, 2012. 534 items are catalogued with estimated prices.
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EULOGY OF GEN. ZACHARY TAYLOR, LATE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, Delivered at the Request of the Authorities and Citizens, Conjointly, of the City of Cambridge, August 13, 1850. By Luther V. Bell

By: (Taylor, General Zachary). Bell, Luther V

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Cambridge, MA: Printed at the Chronicle Office, 1850.: 1850.

Seller ID: 16868

Condition: Good

Cambridge, MA: Printed at the Chronicle Office, 1850.. 1850.. Good. - Octavo, softcover bound in printed tan wraps. The wraps are darkened & soiled with their corners creased & their upper halves detached. There is a crease to the upper half of the rear wrap. The spine is heavily chipped with large pieces out. 43 pages. The top page corners are creased, else the contents are bright & clean. Good.

First edition. First Edition.
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Image for THE BRIGHTON GAS FIRE AND EXPLOSION CATASTROPHE. Town of Brighton (Monroe County), N.Y. September 21, 1951. Report by The National Board of Fire Underwriters ... and The New York Fire Insurance Rating Organization.

THE BRIGHTON GAS FIRE AND EXPLOSION CATASTROPHE. Town of Brighton (Monroe County), N.Y. September 21, 1951. Report by The National Board of Fire Underwriters ... and The New York Fire Insurance Rating Organization.

By: (The National Board of Fire Underwriters).

Price: $75.00

Publisher: New York, NY: The National Board of Fire Underwriters, 1951.: 1951.

Seller ID: 36827

Condition: Very good

- Quarto, 11 inches high by 8-1/2 inches wide. Softcover, bound in stapled white wrappers titled and illustrated in black on the front cover. The covers are soiled and creased with a short slit to the head of the spine. 25 pages printed on glossy paper, with textual illustrations and full-page diagrams and maps. Very good.

Sometimes known locally as Black Friday, the September 21, 1951 explosion of natural gas in a vault housing gas regulators in the Meadowbrook neighborhood of Brighton, NY claimed the lives of two children and an adult while totally destroying 15 homes, seriously damaging...
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THE NATIONAL WOMAN'S RELIEF CORPS RED BOOK Containing the Constitution and Rules and Regulations of the National Woman's Relief Corps Auxiliary to the Grand Army of the Republic and Decisions and Notes Thereon.

By: (The National Woman's Relief Corps).

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Washington, D.C.: The National Tribune Company, 1923.: 1923.

Seller ID: 36036

Condition: Good

- Octavo, red cloth titled in gilt with golden yellow rules decorating the front cover. The covers are rubbed and bumped with some fading and dampstaining. 181 pages. An early owner's name and the date are penned at the top of the title page. Good.

Revised edition of the rules and regulations originally "Adopted by [the] Twenty-third National Convention Denver, Colorado, 1905".

Recognized in 1883, The National Woman's Relief Corps was a secret organization formed by women who were loyal to the North during the Civil War.
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AUTOGRAPH DOCUMENT SIGNED by HARTMAN VREELAND. An original BILL OF SALE for the SLOOP "LOCOMOTIVE" sold by Vreeland to Samuel F. Tracy.

By: (Tracy, Samuel F.). Vreeland, Hartman.

Price: $125.00

Publisher: May 31st, 1850.: 1850.

Seller ID: 94846

Condition: Good

- Approximately 200 words penned on 10 inch high by 7-7/8 inch wide creamy white paper with a simple decorative blind stamp at top left. A "Bill of Sale", so titled as a heading, by which Hartman Vreeland transfers ownership of the sloop "Locomotive" to Samuel F. Tracy, a New York City merchant. "Know all men by these present, that I, Hartman Vreeland, of the County of Hudson, State of New Jersey, Landsman, for and in consideration of the sum of one hundred and fifty Dollars, to me in hand paid by Samuel F. Tracy, of the City, County, & State of New York.... Sell and delive...
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Category: Americana