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New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, [1912]. First American edition. Hardcover. Good. Small 8vo. xx, 310pp. with 50 inserted photographic plates, including frontispiece, and one fold-out map. Original red cloth binding with gilt on front board and spine. Also published in London, this work contains about 30 pages on Saskatchewan and the prairies of Canada. The Natural Resources, Commercial Industries, Fish and Game, Sports and Pastimes of the Great Dominion. Spine sunned with minor wear to boards. Top edges a bit dusty. A good copy.

Washington City: M'Gill & Witherow, 1874. Softcover. Good. Pamphlet (5 3/4" x 9 1/4"), stitched as issued. 8pp. Original printed paper wrappers. The Massachusetts Colonization Society was originally formed to address the slavery issue by encouraging emancipation and then colonization of freed slaves outside the United States. As part of a national movement with the American Society for Colonizing the Free People of Color, the colony of Liberia was formed in 1822 and then became an independent state in 1847. Despite the overwhelming opposition of most African-Americans and the end of slavery of in the US, the Society continued to press its case. In this particular report from 1874, the managers of the Society struggle to remain relevant. Worldcat locates only 1 copy (in microfiche form) in US libraries. Wrappers lightly soiled with a corner crease on the front wrapper and few tiny chips at the edges.

Norwalk, CT: Easton Press, 2003. Limited ed. Hardcover. Fine. Signed by the author on the limitation page. Leather with gold titles and decorations. All edges are gilt. Silk end papers and ribbon bookmark. "A note about" card and signed certificate of authenticity folded in. Very clean and tight. Number 377 of 1650. 432 pages.

Very good. One page 4to. printed circular (8 1/2" x 11"). This is a call to action for those who support bi-metallic standards (i. e. silver). The circular urges silver producers to organize a convention for political action in connection with the Silver Committee of the Trans-Mississippi Congress. The docuemnt also includes quotes from Senator Richard Bland on the impact of the closing of Indian mints. Scarce. One small crease in the margin but otherwise fine.

[n.p, December 4th, 1839. Very good. Broadside, letterpress and woodblock type (approximately 7 3/4" x 9 3/4"). In what appears to be an unrecorded memorial broadside, William H. Magarge offers an emotional tribute to the life and death of a Miss Clarissa Howell Slingluff, who died of consumption at age twenty-one. The anonymous printer utilized over five type faces and an elaborate ornamental border to produce this tribute to young Miss. Slingluff. "O ! insatiable death ! why would you not release your grasp of one so dear ! But we should not repine--we would not wish these back Clarissa, to a vain, deceitful world, whose vicissitudes thou art safely beyond, mingling with the sainted spirits of a 'better land". Uncommon. Not listed in American Imprints or OCLC. Small stains and short edge-tears at the margins. Overall very good.

New York, 1885. Very good. One printed leaf, folded once into 4 pages. Each page approximately 5 1/2" x 9 3/8". The nativist group known as the Central Committee for Protecting & Perpetuating the Separation of Church & State argued strongly against using public funds to suppport Catholic schools. Children enrolled in these parochial schools came primarily from immigrant families. This particular leaflet announced that the Central Committee "contains representatives of the leading charitable institutions of New York and Brooklyn, and other prominent citizens." The Separation of Church and State Endorsed by President Grant, a large majority in Congress, and both Political Platforms in 1876. Two crease marks from folding and a few tiny spots. Otherwise a clean copy of a fragile leaflet.

[circa 1852]. Very good. Broadsheet (approximately 9 /1/8" x 15") with 2 columns of printed text. This was the second annual report of this Baltimore fire insurance company. It included the financial position of the company, a summary of the policies outstanding and risks underwritten, and a list of the Board of Directors for 1852. In addition, in this period before independent auditors, the Board of Directors appointed a special committee to perform an audit or review of the financial records. The committee's report found that "after a very minute and careful examination . . . the Committee have found the books kept in a very clear and comprehensible manner; all perfectly correct. . . " A very scarce insurance item. Not recorded in Worldcat. Moderate soiling with crease marks from folding and a few tiny holes. Marginal tears repaired with no effect on text.

New York: Gould, Banks & Co. (and by William and A. Gould & Co. of Albany), 1834. First edition. Hardcover. Very good. 8vo. (5 1/2" x 8 1/4"). 162pp. Original one quarter leather binding with blue-grey paper covered boards. Red leather label on spine with gilt lettering. Ink inscription of "Abel & Bailey" on front board and front free endpaper. Lambert prepared this treatise in an effort to show how the law of dower had been adapted and applied in the United States in the early years of the republic. The emphasis is on the rights of women to control property inherited from a spouse. Comprising a Digest of the American Decisions, and the Provisions of the Revised Statutes of the State of New York. Some scuffing to leather with a small mark to the top outer corner of each board. Also a few tiny ink spots on front board. Portions of the text block have light tanning from age. Still a very good copy overall.

Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1903. First American edition without r. Hardcover. Good. Original red cloth binding decorated in black on front board and in gilt on spine. Includes 4 pp. of undated ads. BAL 7404. A spot on the front board, modest soiling and wear to spine, and foxing to rear endpapers. Overall, a good + copy.

Elizabethtown: Shepard Kollock, 1791. Very good. 12mo pamphlet. 43[1 blank] pp. Disbound. This was issued separately and also (with a 1790 date in the inprint) as the second title in another 1791 Kollock printing. This sermon was "originally printed by James Parker in New York in 1753. " Felcone. [Printed by the Desire of the Synod]. Minor foxing. Overall, very good.

BALANCE HOUSE, 2003. Paperback. Very Good. 215 pages. [box 36] Paperback. Same as pictured. No internal markings. Clean pages. Light edge wear. "This is the story of a seemingly unremarkable girl who turned out to be a remarkable woman, who led not one but two heroic lives, very different from each other but having in common an uncommon instinct for survival.

Boston: T.R. Marvin, 1853. Softcover. Good. 8vo. pamphlet. 40pp. Original salmon-colored paper wrappers, stitched as issued. Spine split with front wrapper loose. Rear wrapper has one small chip at lower corner and a few numbers in ink.

Lawrence City : [n.p.], 1848. First edition. Softcover. Good. Pamphlet (approximately 4 1/4" x 6 3/4"). 32pp. with woodcut illustration on title page and 2 smaller illustrations on page 4. Pictorial printed paper wrappers with images of Christ Church and Grace Church on rear wrapper. Wright's American Fiction: 1774 - 1850. An uncommon, early imprint from the newly-formed city of Lawrence, Massachusetts. Wrappers oversewn with moderate soiling. About a good copy.

Cambridge: Rampant Lions Press, 1962. Limited ed. Softcover. Very good. Wraps are lightly faded. Interior clean and tight. Six pages. An extract from the introduction to The Typographical Book. The first showing of a new type designed by Will Carter and David Kindersley at Cambridge: Octavian.. One of 100 advance copies printed on the occasion of the 165th meeting of the Double Crown Club at Magdalene College 22 June 1962.

Mills Music, 1946. Sheet music. Acceptable. 3 pages. [box 10.7] Original Sheet Music. Music store stamp on front cover. Notation throughout volume in pencil. Ripping to edges; all music is readable. Scarce. Out of print.

London Music Corp, 1945. Sheet music. Very Good. 3 pages. [box 46.1] Original Sheet Music. No internal markings. Clean pages within. Light edge wear. Out of print.

Belwin, 1967. Sheet music. Good. 3 pages. [box 46.14] Original Sheet Music. No internal markings. Clean pages. Edge wear. Out of print.

Public Eyesore, 4/24/2007. Audio CD. New. Brand New! [box 4] Same as pictured. CD is in original wrapper. CD has never been previously played. Brand New! Would make a wonderful gift!

Edward B Marks, 1941. Sheet music. Acceptable. 4 pages. [box 3.15] Original Sheet Music. Plain Jane. "Special Artist Edition." No internal markings. Brown pages. Light ripping to edges. Light staining. Out of print.

Columbus College of Art & Design, 2008. Paperback. Very Good. 40 pages. [box 20] Paperback. No internal markings. Clean pages. Edge wear. Out of print.