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New york: The Mentor Association, Inc. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 1913, 12pp, plus six plates. Salvaged from a damaged volume containing the first 24 issues, bound without their covers, now in plastic protective covers. VG. The Mentor Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 2, February 24, 1913. The plates include: William Cullen Bryant; John Greenleaf Whittier; James Russell Lowell; Oliver Wendell Holmes; Henry Wadsworth Longfellow; Walt Whitman..

The Canadian Institute Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 1899, 4to, pp439-506, double page plate in color. Removed from TRANSACTIONS OF THE CANADIAN INSTITUTE. VOLUME VI. SEMI-CENTENNIAL MEMORIAL VOLUME 1849-1899. VG in report covers..

New York: Reynall & Hitchcock Book. Good. Hardcover. 1939, 1247pp, general index and index of proper names, illustrated. Spine darkened, light wear, else G. Will require additional shipping charges..

London: J. M. Dent & Co. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1903, 12mo, lii, 388pp, index, illustrations by Herbert Railton and portraits. TEG. Light wear, else VG. Volume two of LETTERS, covering the period 1821-1834. Lamb, of course, was known primarily for his essays, but he was a prolific letter writer as well..

Boston: Published by the author Book. Good. Soft cover. 1882, 49pp, illustrated, index, addenda. Wrps. Light wear and soiling, neat tape repair to bottom of spine, else G. A good genealogical reference because Copp's Hill Burial Ground was the second place of interment in Boston, King's Chapel being the first. The one page addenda, laid in, is a list of tomb-stones that were discovered by the author after publication. .

Edmonton: The Institute of Applied Art, Ltd. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 2nd Edition. (1965), x, 246pp, index, seven illustrations. VG in G+ dj. The history of Calgary from its origin as a remote outpost of the North West Mounted Police to its development into a modern city. The author's name is apparently misspelled on the title page; it is spelled MacEwan everywhere else..

London: Historical Times Ltd. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. pp11-19, 4to, illustrated. Removed from BRITISH HISTORY ILLUSTRATED, Volume One, Number Two, June, 1974. VG in report covers. May include a copied first or last page. "This disaster on the night of 14th April 1912 caused great loss of life - also in due course, the first International Convention for Safety of Life at Sea, and the establishment of the International Ice Patrol.".

New York: Frederick A. Praeger, Publishers Book. Very Good. Hardcover. (1969). Revised Edition, square 8vo, 188pp, index, illustrated, bibliography. Ex-lib, with minimal markings, else VG in VG dj. From the dj: "The medieval and Renaissance brasses, that are still to be found in England's older churches, are of interest and value because they provide a series of splendid illustrations of manners, customs, and costumes of the English from the reign of Edward I to the Restoration. All classes of the community are represented in great detail and by their own contemporaries." Extensively revised and rewritten by John Page-Phillips from the Reverend Herbert Macklin's first edition of 1890..

Toronto: The Canadian Institute Book. Good. Soft cover. 1899, 4to, pp273-284. Removed from TRANSACTIONS OF THE CANADIAN INSTITUTE. VOLUME VI. SEMI-CENTENNIAL MEMORIAL VOLUME 1849-1899. VG in report covers. From the first page: "Language is the handmaid of religion. As the outward expression of religion is dependent upon language, we may by the study of the words and forms of expression obtain some conception of the religious ideas and ceremonies of a tribe or nation.".

Toronto: McClelland & Stewart Publishers Book. Good. Hardcover. 2nd Edition. (1928), 368pp. Spine faded, extremities lightly worn, else G. From the preface - Within these covers are assembled some score of attempts to seize and reveal the spirit of the place. Nova Scotia has gone by several poetic names: Acadie, Arcadia, the Mayflower Province, Ultima Thule..

Washington, D.C.: GPO Magazine. Very Good. Soft cover. pp431-449, plus six plates. Removed from ANNUAL REPORT OF THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, FOR THE YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1902. VG. In plastic report covers. The Hunterian oration delivered on Thursday, February 14, 1901, at the Royal College of Surgeons of England. From the introduction: "Gentlemen: We have assembled here today in order that we may commemorate the merits of John Hunter and such other persons whose labors have contributed to the extensions of our knowledge in comparative anatomy, physiology, or surgery." And this is from a footnote: "The chart [here made into several plates] accompanying the text of this oration was compiled from photographs of casts and of skulls in the museum of the Royal College of Surgeons in England." .

Indiana University. Book. Good. Soft cover. pp173-196, photo. Removed from INDIANA MAGAZINE OF HISTORY, Volume 65, No. 3, September, 1969. Wrps. G. In report covers. Olleman was a prosperous farmer, newspaper editor, and one of the founders of the Greenback Party in Indiana..

N.P.: Green River Associaiton Book. Very Good. Hardcover. (1976), 225pp, profusely illustrated. Light wear, else VG. A comprehensive history of the Association from 1800, with details on the churches, ministers, and business of the church during that 175 year period. Includes a historical table showing each year from 1800 through 1975 giving the name of the Moderator, the Clerk, the person delivering the introductory sermon, and the place..

Chicago: A. Flanagan Company Book. Good. Soft cover. (1922), 16mo, 32pp, drawings in the text. Wrps. G+. The Little Classic Series. The most popular works of standard authors and poets arranged for usein schools, with introductions, explanatory notes, biographical sketches,portraits, and illustrations. this book is number 2729 in the series, meant for second and third grades..

Washington, D.C.: GPO Book. Good. Soft cover. 1884, 28pp, three plates, tables. Wrps. Moderate soiling, else G+. The author, of the Corps of Engineers, submitted to the Engineer Department, United States Army, a series of papers containing information procured by him while on leave of absence in Europe during the summer of 1883. The titles of the articles: Perforation of Armored Walls; Determination of a General Formula for Remaining Velocity; Vienna Electrical Exposition, 1883. Captain Edward Maguire, (1847-1892), was an important figure in the Corps of Engineers. Among other accomplishments, he reached the Little Big Horn battlefield on June 27, and while the relief force tended the wounded and buried the dead, he mapped the field and the burial site. All Engineer reports on the Rosebud and Little Bighorn fights are recorded in the Annual Reports of the Chief of Engineers. Maguire¿s map became the basis for all maps of that historic battlefield..

New York: Peter Fenelon Collier & Son Book. Good. Hardcover. 1900, oblong 4to, (11.5x17 in.), xviii, [11]-208pp, profusely illustrated, including eighteen full page color paintings (one by Remington), thirty-four in b&W, and numerous others in the text, inner hinges neatly reinforced, small snag in front outer hinge and another at the bottom of the front cover, extremities worn, else G. A large, heavy volume; will require additional shipping charges..

New York: Harper & Brothers Book. Good. Soft cover. 1897, pp579-588. Removed from HARPER'S NEW MONTHLY MAGAZINE, VOLUME XCIV, DECEMBER, 1896, TO MAY, 1897. In plastic report covers. The author states that the problem of preparation for war in modern times is both extensive and complicated, and then explains the contributing factors that make it so..

Cincinnati: Methodist Book Concern Book. Good. Soft cover. 1866, 30pp. Wrps, tied. G. In report covers. The conference met in the Main-Street Methodist Episcopal Church, Peru, Miami county, Indiana on April 5, 1866. Eighty six members answered the roll call and they proceeded with whatever takes place at church conferences. Absolutely apropos of nothing else other than the city name, Peru, Indiana, I recall that the songwriter, Cole Porter, was born there about 25 years after this conference. Now, surely, you want to buy this pamphlet and display it prominently in your music room, perhaps framed with a piece of Cole Porter's sheet music, maybe Night and Day, or Begin the Beguine..

Weinrich-Howard Co. Book. Good. Soft cover. (1912). Sheet Music, 6pp, pictorial cover. G..

The Scarecrow Press, Inc. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1985, vii, 157pp, index. VG. Includes 733 books, catalogs, articles, and periodicals, and a list of museum collections and non-print media items..