Utah: Its People, Resouces, Attractions and Institutions
Salt Lake City: Bureau of Information, n.d. 6.75 x 4.5 inches. 93 pages. Wrappers.
Salt Lake City: Bureau of Information, n.d. 6.75 x 4.5 inches. 93 pages. Wrappers.
St. Louis: The "Industrial Age" Printing Co., 1872. 8vo. 262, iv, [1]ads pp. Original brown blind-embossed cloth. Slight soiling to cloth, light browning to text. FIRST EDITION, preserving the scarce original printed wrapper, preceding the title. Wynar 2065.
Denver: Smith-Brooks Printing Co. for Thomas Tonge, 1913. 8vo. 112 pp. Profusely illustrated, including a map. Original cloth-backed pictorial boards. A near-fine copy. FIRST EDITION. A detailed guide to Colorado, its natural resources, geography, ecology, economy, agriculture, etc. Wynar 2155.
From the Bart Auerbach Collection. One page, 12mo. Tourgée was a carpet-bagger judge and a best-selling author of sensational political novels, including 'A Fool's Errand'. Here (in about 155 words) he writes a playful response to a girl's request for an autograph: "My publisher handed me your request for an.....
Root Wheeler, 1841. 8vo. 34 pp of text + 48 pp for the diary. Original diced-russia-backed green boards.
Laramie: Powder River Publishers, 1955. Together two volumes 8vo. Original printed wrappers. Fine. Facsimile reprints, with maps and illustrations, of these rare early Wyoming works. Howes T351 and T352.
Toronto: The Champlain Society, 1931. 8vo. Plates and maps. Original red cloth, gilt-lettered on spine, top edges gilt, others untrimmed. One of 550 copies of volume XVIII of the Publications of The Champlain Society.
Omaha: The Republican Printers, 1885. 8vo. 64 pp. Wood-engravings in text. Original blue printed wrappers, the rear wrapper with full-panel map by Matthews, Northrup & Co., Buffalo. Niagara Falls ticket seller's ink advertisement stamp on front wrapper, light toning at edges. FIRST EDITION. Jones, Checklist 1637; Streeter sale VI:3395.
Chicago: Rand, McNally & Co., 1889. 8vo. 91 pp. Original salmon printed wrappers. Light wear. Second edition. The wrapper title is: 'Colorado. A Complete and Comprehensive Description of the Agricultural, Stock Raising and Mineral Resources of Colorado; Also, Statistics in Regard to its Climate, Etc. Compiled from the Latest Reports.....
Washington, D. C. [Government Printing Office], [1885]. 8vo. 21 pp. Disbound. FIRST EDITION.
London: G. Taylor for O.Rich, 1833. First edition. 8vo. Folding frontispiece map (9-3/4" x 11-3/4"), hand-colored in outline. (Some occasional very pale spotting and light browning at edges.) Contemporary pale-blue cloth-covered boards, gilt-lettered leather spine label, portions of early paper backing (some light wear). FIRST EDITION, 14-page publisher's advertisements at.....
Washington, D. C. A. & C. Way, 1808. Folio. 8 pages. Three large folding tables. Disbound. The report, soon after the establishment of the Navy Pension Fund in 1808, under the direction of Secretary of the Navy Robert Smith. Showing: the amount of stock on the books of the treasury.....
N.p. Edgewood Publishing Company, 1882. 8vo. xi, 486, [4] pages. Frontispiece, plates. Publisher's decorated cloth. Provenance: Prof. Skinner, University of Michigan (contemporary inscriptions on endleaves). "A Graphic Recital of Personal Experiences throughout the Whole Period of the Late War for the Union--during which the Author Was Actively Engaged in 25.....
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1834. Third edition, enlarged and improved. 12mo. 95 pages, advertisements at end. Original salmon muslin, printed paper label on front cover. See Howes V-28; Sabin 98486.
[Richmond, VA]: [Hockaday], ca late 1860s-early 1870s. From the Bart Auerbach Collection. 9 1/2 x 7 1/2 inches. Some foxing. Hockaday goes on to report that "prospects are favorable for a HEAVY DECLINE in grain and flour especially, and as Produce generally sells better and commands higher prices when new.....
Colorado: Alan Swallow, Sage Books, 1965. 8.75 x 5.75 inches. 276 pages. Boards; dust jacket.
Denver: S. S. Wallihan & Company, [1870]. 8vo. Original purple cloth, Colorado Territory seal gilt stamped on upper cover, spine gilt lettered. Spine sunned, otherwise a tight, fresh copy, with a profusion of advertisements. FIRST EDITION. While not the first directory of Denver, it is the first contain other surrounding.....
Boston: Benjamin Russell, 21 July 1790. Folio newspaper (17 x 11 inches). 4 pages. Disbound. Slightly browned, but in fine condition. This and the preceding act that appears before it are both signed in italic print "George Washington." Brigham, C.S. Amer. Newspapers, p. 277; Evans, 22413.
Washington, D. C. The Treasury Department, 1833. Small folio (332 x 206 mm). Facsimile of accounts throughout, 3pp. facsimile documents and plans and 1p. letterpress "Extract from Marshall's Life of Washington, Vol.I. 1758." at end. Contemporary half sheep, marbled boards, letterpress label to upper cover, stab-sewn. Lacking top sewing thread.....
Brooklyn: John Hutchings, 1857. Small folio. Title-page, facsimile of accounts throughout, lithographed by Boell & Michelin. Original half black leather, brown cloth, front cover gilt-lettered and with gilt portrait of Washington at center. Covering the period from June 1775 to June 1783, these records detail Washington's day-to-day expenditures in his.....
Boston: Alfred Mudge and Son, 1856. 8vo. 57 pp. Sewn. A fine copy. Sixth edition, revised and enlarged. Webb was Secretary of the New England Aid Company, which was engaged in promoting the emigration of prospective settlers from the northern states to the new Kansas Territory in order to prevent.....
One and a quarter pages, 4to. Reading: "My Dear Sir As the Court is not likely to have a long session, I must pray you to hasten on yr argument, in the Case of Peters v Warren In ? Co. Are you ever to be done with the License lease.....
New York: J. H. Colton, 1844. 12mo. iv, 112 pages. Original embossed cloth, gilt-lettered on front cover. Provenance: library stamp on title, manuscript identification on text leaf. An early guidebook to the United States Military Academy, with map.
Denver: The Westerners, 1946-77. 32 volumes, 8vo. Profusely illustrated. All in original cloth; 21 with printed dust jackets. A fine consecutive run, including a duplicate for the year 1953. All limited editions.
Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1908. 8vo. 347 pp. Plates. Original green decorated cloth, front cover with central square gilt panel. Spine a bit worn, small stain on cover, library inkstamp on verso of title and at end. FIRST EDITION.