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Brooklyn: P. F. O'Brien, Carpenter Builder, 1866. Only Edition. Very good. Printed Bill Head measuring 8.5" x 4.5" O'Brien was located at Skillman St, between Myrtle & Park Avenues and 192-194 Henry St. The bill is dated March 9, 1866, to a Mr. O. Gorman, and states that this is for "Mason work...repairing iron shutter...& galvanized gutter. A nice example.

New York: The Rutledge Press, 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/very good. Octavo; pp. 256 with index; Illustrated; black cloth and gray boards in a dust jacket.

Iowa City: Iowa State Historical Society, 1948. First Edition. Wraps. Near fine. Duodecimo; pp; 296-302; illustrated with four black and white plates; original printed paper wrappers; An article. Others on McKinley, Taft and Wilson. Very good. In this issue visits by U. S. Presidents to Iowa are revisited; McKinley, Taft & Wilson are discussed as is TR.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1971. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/very good. Octavo; pp; (x), 317, index; photographs; orchid cloth lettered in gilt in a dust jacket;. An in depth analysis of the failure of the French and de Lesseps in building the Canal.

London, New York, etc.: Syndicate Publishing Company, 1913. First Edition. Hardcover. Good +. Quarto; pp; 412, (ii), ad leaf; Profusely illustrated, many black and white photographs, color plates from watercolors by E. J. Read and Gordon Grant and a folding color map; full black pebbled leather covered paper boards lettered in gilt, marbled end papers. A good or better copy. Wear to extremities, leather separating but still intact. Internally very good. Building the Panama Canal was the greatest engineering feat of all time. From the first French efforts through the American completion, an amazing story. Theodore Roosevelt considered the Canal his greatest achievement.

Washington DC: Government Printing Office, 1915. Paperback. Very good. (Government Printing Office). Octavo, printed wraps. 14pp. Quite scarce. At the time of this entry, OCLC locates just one copy at the University of Florida. Senator Gallinger was fighting for free tolls for American shipping.

Np: Privately Printed, 1907. Most probably a pirated edition. Hardcover. Very good. Octavo; pp. x, 166; Frontispiece portrait of the author, twenty additional black and white photographs, illustrating characters and locations from the poems; terra-cotta cloth, lettered in gilt, top edge, gilt;. This book is great fun. Some of the worst rhymes ever contrived with an occasional flash of brilliance. Reflects life in the Canal Zone at the time of construction. The excitement of the challenge, the circumstances of the life there. Other editions are often dedicated to Theodore Roosevelt, this one is not. Also contains an obituary of the author who died at Colon in 1906. The late author was an official for the Panamanian Railway.

New York: Macmillan, 1912. Third printing. Hardcover. Very good. Octavo; pp; x, 585, (iv), index, ads; Frontispiece portrait of G. W. Goethals, plus forty-four illustrations, folding map; pictorial brown cloth, gilt. The History of French & American involvement in Panama is a fascinating chapter.

Lancaster: Reprinted From The New Era, 1906. Wraps. Very good. Octavo; pp; 325-352; one black and white plate; Original printed salmon wrappers; wrappers lightly toned, else very good. Discusses the Saur Printing House and other German printing.

New York: Bibliographical Society of America, 1944. First Edition. Paperback. One crease to lower right corner of wrapper else very good or better. Octavo, pp; (x), 87-268; illustrated with twenty-two black and white folding plates at rear; original printed brown paper wrappers;. Lawrence C. Wroth was the librarian of the John Carter Brown Library.

Amsterdam: S. J. Baalde, 1779. Very good +. Hand colored copper plate engraving measuring 9.25" x 11.5" depicting a grouping of 6 moths or butterflies. This plate illustrates Male and female Janus and an Egeus. There is descriptive text fully describing the insects in German and French, and a copy of a title page, in an envelope attached to the back of the mat. Exquisitely colored and finely detailed. This print is matted with acid free materials and shrink wrapped. The plate is not hinged, but is floated with acetate corners. This print has a few spots and a faint smudge in the background. There are reflections of the room in the shrink wrap which distort the photo. The print is uniform in condition with the few flaws noted. Quite scarce.

Amsterdam: S. J. Baalde, 1779. Very good +. Hand colored copper plate engraving measuring 9.25" x 11.5" depicting a grouping of 6 moths or butterflies. This plate illustrates Aurota, Doris, Tipha, and Laomedia. There is descriptive text fully describing the insects in German and French, and a copy of a title page, in an envelope attached to the back of the mat. Exquisitely colored and finely detailed. This print is matted with acid free materials and shrink wrapped. The plate is not hinged, but is floated with acetate corners. Quite scarce.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1852. First American Edition. Hardcover. Very good. Duodecimo; pp. 264; Numerous black and white text illustrations and a full page initial plate and an illustrtated title page; brown cloth, stamped in blind, gilt spine lettering, yellow coated endpapers; spine faded, werar at spine ends;. James Jackson Jarves (1818-1888) was an American newspaper editor, and art critic who is remembered above all as the first American art collector to buy Italian primitives and Old Masters.

New York: A John Macrae Book, Henry Holt and Company, 1996. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/very good. Octavo; pp; x, (iv), 526 index; blue cloth and red paper covered boards lettered in gilt, in a dust jacket;. A study of the Clinton's personal relationship and their rise to power. A story that may have a new chapter in 2016.

New York: Stoddard-Sutherland Press, 1912. First Edition. Wraps. Very good. Octavo; pp; (16); original printed paper wrappers;. The Party Platforms contrasted in columnar fashion and organized by topic or issue.

(New York): Harper Collins Publishers, 1996. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/very good. Octavo; pp; (x), 326, index; patterned glossy paper covered boards in a pictorial dust jacket; previous owners private stamp on a preliminary;. Simple Sauces. Delightful Dishes. A Fresh and Delicious Approach to Vegetable and Pasta Cookery."Pasta e Verdura--"noodles and vegetables"--offers 140 easy and elegant recipes inspired by the healthy, delicious pasta dishes of Italy. Some quick, many low-fat, and more than a few dairy-free, these lively vegetable sauces will transform the way home cooks--and pasta eaters enjoy their favorite food.From A to Z, Jack Bishop pairs these simple and elegant vegetable sauces--Asparagus with Mushrooms and Caramelized Shallots, Leek with White Wine and Parmesan, Stewed Eggplant with Tomatoes and Olives--with the perfect pasta for each sauce. Accompanying the recipes are tips on buying, storing, and preparing each vegetable, as well as Bishop's lively words of wisdom. He also… Leer más

New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1897. First Edition. Hardcover. Good +. Duodecimmo (4.5" x 6.25"), green cloth decorated in white and gold. 202, (5)pp. with publisher's ads. Frontispiece. A little edgewear and a light stain at lower right. BAL 735.

New York: Threshold Editions, 2014. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/very good. Octavo; pp; x, (i)i, 479, index; illustrated with black and white photographs; blue cloth and cream paper covered boards, lettered in gilt in a pictorial dust jacket;.

The Doldrums, Ormond Beach, Florida: Privately Printed, 1947. First Edition. Hardcover. light foxing else very good/very good. Octavo; pp; 24, illustrated with a frontispiece portrait and five black and white plates; sage cloth lettered in gilt in a red dust jacket, decortaed endpapers;. An appreciation of General John C. Fremont (1813-1890), the first separate printing of this article that appeared in the New York Historical Society Quarterly. This copy signed by Zabriske, a presentaion copy to "Celia" of an undefined limited edition as a Christmas gift.

New York and Cincinnati: Eaton & Mains; Jennings & Graham, 1910. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. Octavo; pp; xiv, (i), 331; Frontispiece portrait of the author and, portraits of Lincoln, Grant, McKinley & Washington; A Presentation Binding; full pebbled black flexible leather covered paper boards, fleur de lis patterned endpapers, all edges gilt, gilt lettering and modest gilt inner dentelles. "Theodore Roosevelt" in gilt at center of the front board; Very good, minor wear at spine head, gilt lettering bright. Charles Henry Fowler (1837 -1908) was a Canadian-American Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church (elected in 1884) and President of Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois from 1872 to 1876. This copy is inscribed by the author's son and the "Preparer" of the book to Theodore Roosevelt with Best Wishes and dated October 3, 1913 in a presentation binding. There are essays on two of TR's heroes Lincoln and Washington, and one on President McKinley, whose death resulted in TR's… Leer más