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Spencer. Used - Near fine condition. No Dust Jacket Clean and Unmarked

(8) MAP Showing the progress of the Public Surveys in Kansas and Nebraska, To accompany Annual Report of the Surveyer General 1862

84th Infantry Division in the Battle for Germany.1. Book, 84th Infantry Division in the Battle for Germany, Viking Press, 1946. Book has 260 pages with history, maps, photos, paintings of the 84th Infantry Division during WWII. Appendix's include commendations, citations, and commanders. Has dust jacket in plastic cover. Dust jacket use wear and tear associated with age.Comes complete with book, roster, mini pamphlet and hard cover sleeve.

Alton B. Parker, (born May 14, 1852, Cortland, N.Y., U.S.—died May 10, 1926, New York, N.Y.), American jurist and Democratic presidential nominee in 1904, defeated by the incumbent, Theodore Roosevelt. wiki.
Having practiced law in Kingston, N.Y., Parker was elected surrogate of Ulster county in 1877 and reelected six years later. He was appointed to the New York Supreme Court in 1885, the state Appeals Court in 1889, and the appellate division of the state Supreme Court in 1896. From 1898 to 1904 Parker was chief justice of the New York Court of Appeals. On the bench, he was noted for upholding the rights of labour and acquired a reputation for fairness, competence, and courtesy. He was persuaded to run for President. but was defeated, taking only 38 percent of the popular vote and winning 140 electoral votes to Roosevelt's 336. Thereafter he returned to his law practice.1 edition of his address was published in 1908 in English and held by 8 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn (Tom Sawyer's Comrade) By Twain, Mark, New York, New York, U.S.A.: Harper & Brothers, 1923. First Thus . Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. Brehm, Worth. The front cover is loose but binding tight. Chistmas gift note inside front and back covers in pencil 1929. two smears inside front cover. moisture mark on outside cover, but pages not affected.Besides the colorful frontispiece, there are 12 internal duo-tone (black-and-white) glossy plates 421 pages of text. An early printing from 1923, this hardcover book has black matte cloth-covered boards with a colorful front paper paste-down. Corners are bumped.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1934. First Edition.. Hardcover. very good Plus/No Jacket. John W. Thomason. Copyright date 1934, first edition, first printing (with A present on the title page). Black cloth over boards with gilt lettering and design on the front and on the spine a glued on illustrated adaptation of Davy Crockett on the front board. Top page edges tinted, yellow inside covers front and back. No tears, bent pages, No Dust Jacket. Shelf wear to the edges and to the head and toe of the spine with light fading to the spine. Text and illustrations remains bright and clean, binding is secure, a solid collectible book.

Simon & Schuster, NY, 1975. Hardcover. First Edition First Printing. Condition: Fine. No Dust Jacket 871 very clean, unmarked and tight pages. Map of Europe inside front and back cover. Black with gold lettering and Napoleon in gold on the front.

The American Army overcame and disarmed the resisting parts of the German garrison. The inhabitants of Plzen prepared and printed this booklet to express gratitude and to serve as a souvenir to strengthen their friendship.,Filled with pictures and a touching tribute. handwritten inscription"Sorry I couldn't get one with my pictures in it.Din" written by the gift giver.

Viking, 2004. Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: fine. 1st Edition. Viking,2004.First US edition Grey hardback with black borders(gilt lettering to the spine).404pp including The Bush-Walker family tree,appendices A and B,notes,index.Price clipped.Heavy book. pages clean and unmarked

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1905 Cover: lt olive silk, dk green artwork + gilt titles front/spine; Great full page illustrations plus many charming margin sketches by the author.These stories are based on the actual life of a veritable animal hero. Very Good. 1905. Hardcover. First Edition, previous owner signed, 362 pages, spine is very sunned, back hinge starting, to separate. Very Good

London: Constable and Company, 1930. Hardcover. Very Good. Light green cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Dust jacket fragile condition:fair. dust jacket slit at the binding.Square, tight, corners not bumped, gild intact on green cloth, Dust jacket not clipped. First Edition, First Printing. A comedy about royalists and democrats and featuring a lengthy preface by Shaw explaining the background to the play. He then veers off into a discussion of the current political scene in Britain. 78 pages. Some pages unopened.

Hurd and Houghton, Boston, 1877. Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 273 pp., frontis, index, fold-out map, statistics. A tight, very good unmarked copy with wear to its edges and the top and bottom of its spine and rubs to its boards. book is a basic early history of Arizona and describes the then territory and the many enterprises taking place very well. A classic Arizona book and an excellent read. COMPILED FROM NOTES OF TRAVEL DURING THE YEARS 1874, 1875, AND 1876. BY HIRAM C. HODGE. NEW YORK: PUBLISHED BY HURD AND HOUGHTON. BOSTON : H. O. HOUGHTON AND COMPANY. To THE INHABITANTS OF ARIZONA, AND TO ALL OTHERS WHO TAKE AN INTEREST IN THE DEVELOPMENT AND PROSPERITY OF THAT WONDERFUL COUNTRY, this IS MOST RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED BY THE AUTHOR.

An Army Dog aids a unit in an exigency produced in Japan May have been in Japanese newspaper

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New York: Dodd Mead, 1899. Book. Illus. by Will H. Low. Fine. Decorative Cloth. Hardcover with decorative dark green cloth with gilded letters and designs, 130 page book. Illustrated by Will Low, with rubricated title page, Text printed within red decorated and illustrated borders.and black and white plates with onion paper covers. Hardcover. Condition: Fine.No Dust Jacket gift inscription inside front cover, 130 pages Corners very lightly bumped

O.H. Oldroyd. . 1901. Cloth, octavo, xviii and 305 pp. Foldout map attached at rear, in good shape. This edition was limited to 250 copies . This is recorded as 175. 305 pages. Illustrated with photos. Cardstock engraved plate of Lincoln and fold-out map are present. . Limited 1st Edition. 1901. Osborn Oldroyd (1842-1930) was one of the great collectors and early researchers on Lincoln and lived in Lincoln's Springfield home for several years in the 1880s. He accumulated thousands of items related to the president, many of which are at the Ford's Theater Lincoln Museum today. As part of this account Oldroyd describes personally retracing the route of John Wilkes Booth's flight, with a folding map of the route laid in. 82 illustrations including photographs from Oldroyd's collections, with an introduction by Thomas Maley Harris, a Union general who was on the commission to try the Lincoln conspirators and also authored books on the assassination. Signed by Author .

First Nation An Authentic Indian Child Cabinet photo
Rushville NE
Purchased from
Rodger Bassett
P.O. Box 536
Fullerton, NE 68638
308-536-2377
Size: 4.5 X 7"

Garden City Publishing Co., Inc., Garden City, NY, 1898. Hardcover. Condition: Good +. No Jacket. Marguerite Kirmse (illustrator). Book is rust board with red lettering on spine. Top and bottom spine are rubbed, top of spine shows 1/4 inch of loosened red fabric. Front cover is full page colorful paste down, which depicts dog in forest, and red border with red lettering. Red top edge. End papers depict a dog and sheep in brown, both front and rear. Frontispiece in color "Snuffling at the door, Bob scratched and pleaded to get in.Six parts to this book , each ending in a full page illustration. Then the following chapter has 1/4 page illustration at top. In addition, 4 internal color illustrations. Book is square and tight. Garden City Publishing, New York., 1898. First Edition Boards Spine is bright, solid, edge wear on front cover., two corner tips with slight breaking of cloth, Inside of book is tight, clean, bright, clear, flat. no names or marks on pages.I. Illustrated by Margueritte Kirmse.… Read More

Bobbs-Merrill Company 1917 (c) 1913, No place stated, 1917. Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. 36 pages with black and white and green illustrations.Illustrated by 5 full color plates by Fanny Y Cory (illustrator). original decorated boards. This uncommon book and its delightful illustrations refresh our memory and remind us why Fanny Cory was much in demand as a children's author and illustrator in the early 1900s.; Unpaginated. Spine rubbed and somewhat loose. some color plates may be missing, owner signature in pencil inside front cover. example in abe that purports to have 12 full color plates, is priced as US$ 299.96

A companion to "The Baby's Opera". Original pictorial boards with beautiful art nouveau design have some wear to edges. Two bumped corners, Internally in wonderful condition with no marks or browning. Neat previous owners inscription to half title page and dated by owner 1889. Decorated end-papers in superb condition. Arranged and Decorated by Walter Crane. Full of wonderful illustrations in addition to the sheet music to a host of children's favourite nursery rhymes. No Date. Second Edition Revised. 11 Full page colour illustrations and intricate border designs that are truly beautiful. Walter Crane was an artist, designer, socialist, interior decorator and leading member of the Arts & Craft movement.

Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd., London, New York 1877. Square 8vo, pp. 54; color illustrations by Crane engraved by Edmund Evans; original terra cotta-backed pictorial boards , all edges rubbed; interior fine.Red cloth spine with red card paper covered boards, having black and white illustrative titles and decoration. One of the earliest Crane-Evans collaborations, originally published in London, 1877. (Together with : The baby's bouquet.) No Date. Presumed First Edition. Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Internally in wonderful condition with no marks or browning. Engraved and printed in colours by Edmund Evans. Full of wonderful illustrations in addition to the sheet music to a host of children's favourite nursery rhymes. 10 Full page colour illustrations and intricate border designs that are truly beautiful. Walter Crane was an artist, designer, socialist, interior decorator and leading member of the Arts & Craft movement. edge wear. Illustrated in colour with plates… Read More