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Woodrow Wilson: Memorial Address Delivered Before a Joint Session of the Two Houses of Congress December 15, 1924, in Honor of the Late president of the United States
68th Cong., 2d sess. Senate. Doc. 174) ([U.S.] 68th Cong., 2d sess. Senate. Doc. 174)
Edwin Anderson Alderman
Doubleday, Page & Company, Garden City, NY, 1925
First Edition
A photograph of the Address is on the dust jacket.
Deckled pages
Condition: Dust Jacket has some tears and fraying on top and bottom edges. Pages are good and clean. There is foxing on the edges.
Size: 5" X 7 5/8"
80 pages
Description:
American Book Company, 1885. Hardcover.
Tan cloth boards sport extensive embossing and decorative artwork. This is not a book for the history major, except maybe for someone studying the history of the teaching of history. BUT the 2 page color picture of the eagle with early flags is nice. Worthy of Sheldon Cooper's "Fun with Flags" series.
The other interesting thing about this book is in the inscription on Title Page - " School Text used by Lilly Bell 'Meredith' Taylor about 1885. Presented to MM Taylor in 1965 (by) Dr. MM Taylor." A web search of Dr. MM Taylor brings up this short biography of Lilly Beth HERE.
Condition: The book is in poor condition, it's value is in the plates. (see pictures)
Size: 6" X 8 1/4"
354 pages + index
Description:
The Life of Major-General Zachary Taylor, Twelfth President of the United States - Alta Edition by H. Montgomery
Published by Porter and Coates, Philadelphia
Undated but this would be circa 1890.
Condition: Good condition with the following exceptions. Front free endpaper along with plate of Zachary Taylor and title page are loose; back cover to end paper are separating. Front endpaper has writing as Xmas gift in 1968
Size: 5 1/4" X 7 3/4"
463 pages
None Dare Call It Conspiracy by Gary Allen
Concord Press, Rossmoor, CA, 1972. Soft Cover.
Gary Allen was a conservative political writer who addresses a conspiracy by the power elite by taking money from the common man, establish a non governmental central bank and run up the national debt. Sound familiar? I can't say whether he's correct about any of these things as an intentional power grab, but it certainly points out some weaknesses in our current system if not the solution.
Good clean condition. There is an even toning or aging of the paper. See pictures
Size:4 1/8" X 7"
143 pages
Hero Tales of the American Soldier and Sailor as Told by The Heroes Themselves And Their Comrades: The Unwritten History of American Chivalry
Our Four Great Wars (and this before the 20th century wars)
Published by Enterprise Publishing, New York (1899) - Buel, J.W. (Editor)
One two page color frontispiece: "In The Trenches Before Santiago" from a painting by Gilbert Gaul. It shows the front line battle with a cannonball flying over the American flag while the Spanish soldiers are in retreat.
Approximately 100 full page black and white illustrations and photographs.
Includes dedications from the Secretary of the Navy and the Secretary of War, including the accounts of the Civil War, the Spanish-American War, and the American Revolution.
The authors include Theodore Roosevelt, Major-General Joseph Wheeler (sole survivor of the Alamo), the Fleet Surgeon of the Confederate Navy, George B. McClellan, Jr., Frederick Remington, Lt. Richard Wainwright , Admiral George Dewey, President McKinley, and more. Though I haven't read it, it seems to focus primarily on the Spanish American War which had just concluded.
Condition: Fair condition - front cover is separating first several pages are loose to the Table of Contents. Back cover hinge is beginning to break. Clean inside.
Size: 7 1/2" X 9 3/4"
504 pages
Description:
Ticknor & Co., Boston., 1883. Hardcover.
1st edition.
First book by popular writer and lecturer, John Stoddard. This is his account of his travels in Spain, Germany and Russia in the 1880s.
Green decorated boards with gilt lettering. All edges gilt.
Over 100 illustrations, b/w engravings & drawings.
Condition: Fair to good condition - some water staining. See pictures.
I have left a dried pressed leaf in the book where it has sat for many years.
Size: 6 1/2" X 8 3/4"
202 pages
Condition: The scholar who owned this practiced various writings of her name including her penciled monogram on the cover. She also made other notes inside. foxing on inside front and back covers. Good readable copy
A primer on how Connecticut's government works, on the eve of women's being allowed to vote. Encourages active political participation by women while introducing them to the governmental structure of the state, cities and towns, as well as the national government and political parties. The contents: Our Selves and Our Government; Town Government; County Government; Borough Government; City Government; State Government; National Government; Political Parties; Elections; The Education System; Courts; Taxation; and, New Problems. At the end are three tables: Chief Legislative Body; Chief Executive; and, Chief Judicial. As 1919 opened, suffragists had confidence Congress, at very long last, would pass the 19th Amendment.
Description:The White Hills Their Legends Landscape and Poetry
by Thomas Starr King
With 60 illustrations engraved by Andrew from drawings by Wheelock
Publ. by Hurd and Houghton NY 1870 - presumed 1st edition
faded brown cloth hardcover - gilt lettering title box
Condition: Spine missing. Much wear on front cover. Clean inside
Size: 6" X 8 3/8"
403 pages
Map of the United States and Territories
In full color by state. Explanations showing Public Surveys land grants and proposed rail roads, light houses, land districts and mine and mineral resources etc.
"Constructed From the Plats and official sources of the General Land Office,
Under the direction of the Hon. Jos. S. Wilson, Commissioner, by Joseph Gorlinski, Draughtsman, 1868.
Ferd. Mayer & Sons, Mammoth Print, 96 & 98 Fulton St. New York."
Department of the Interior General Land Office Nov. 1, 1869. Jos. S. Wilson, Commissioner.
The map is hand-colored, showing the states and territories. Includes, Indian lands and reservations, land grants, proposed railroads, lots of indicators of gold, silver, copper, quicksilver (mercury), iron, tin, asphaltum, coal, oil springs, light houses . . .
While the map is mostly clean, I reinforced tears and creases with Japanese repair tissue. I did not tip the map back into the book, because it may be better for the map to be framed or stored flat, as it has been stored creased for over 140 years. You should be able to judge the condition from the 43 pictures provided at this Picasaweb link.
Description:Mary Mattoon and her hero of the revolution [General Ebenezer Mattoon] 1902
Walker, Alice M. (Alice Morehouse)
Paperback - Press of Carpenter and Morehouse
Published by Alice M. Walker, Amherst, Massachusetts (1902)
staple-bound; beige with blue printing showing General Mattoon in a frame with the 13 star Flag. Cover art by Martha Genung
The book is about Mary Mattoon and her influence behind her husband, who was a soldier in the revolutionary war and continued to hold increasing rank in the military of subsequent year. He was also a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1801 to 1803
Condition: Good with the following exceptions. The front and back paper covers extend beyond the book's pages and they are creased and deteriorating at those points. There is a visible stain on the lower left of the front cover and smaller stains on the back. The book was stapled and there is rust where stapled, and some of the pages are beginning to tear through the staples
Size: 5 1/4" X 7 1/8"
83 pages
Coronation Record Number
King George VI and Queen Elizabeth with 24 Coloured and other plates together with articles dealing with our Gracious King and Queen, and every aspect of their Coronation with many illustrations and portraits
Ads for Shell Oil; The Hoover Vacuum; Benger's Food for infants, invalids and the aged; Mansion Polish; Vat 69 Whisky; Schweppes Table Waters; Ford Motor Car; Austin Motor Co.
Link to fascinating account of the unpublished edition
Condition: Cover Fair. Cover have been taped inside. This tape is now weak. Spine is mostly missing. Clean and whole inside. There is minor foxing on the outer pages. The color plates are protected with their original tissues - See pictures. This is a well used copy.
Size: 10" X 14 1/2"
72 pages
Armand
Colin Editeurs 1900.
482 pages.
7" x 4 5/8" x 1 3/8"
leather 1/2 binding morocco, raised band, gilt tooled
Marbled cover and end papers
Translates to mean The Awakening of the East. Siberia-Japan-China
Agriculture, Richnesses, Trade, Cities, Imigration,Transportation routes,
Industry, Finances, Policy etc
Note: I'm no book specialist, but I believe the descriptive terms to be appropriate concerning the bookbinding. Let the pictures be your guide on this. Also I speak no French. The english translation was taken either from a web page that had an English reprint of this book or from a web translation.
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