A Tour Around the World By General Grant A Narrative of the Incidents and Events of His Journey by General Grant - 1879-01-01

Philadelphia: Barker Moore & Mein Medicine Co.. Very Good+. ca. 1910. Softcover. No date: Ca: 1910. Clean soft pictorial covers with cloth spine. Text tight, clean & intact. . Pages lightly age toned. B/W drawing illustrations. Humor based on ethnic, racial or sexual stereotypes. Comic book filled with cartoons, stories & jokes - all have one of Barker's products as the punch line. Humor; B&W Drawing; Oblong 16mo 6" - 7" tall; Unpaginated pages .

J. B. Lyon, 1907. G-/None. Wear/rubbing on boards/edges; boards a bit warped/splayed; front hinge cracked; some mildew spots in the center of some of the pages; some water damage pageblock. Report of the New York Agricultural Experiment Station for the Year 1907. Fully illustrated with color plates. 000009669-X003

St. Albans, VT: St. Albans High School. 1928. Hardcover. Very Good with no dust jacket; Edgewear. Spine weak. ; Includes a Short History of the School, Former Principals and Teachers, Athletics, Class Roster and more. ; B&W Photographs; 100 pages .

Boston: Light & Horton: Wm. Peirce, 1835. Hardcover. Very Good -. Second Edition. 232 p.: title vignette and illustrations; 14 cm. Brown cloth with gilt-stamped spine title and decoration. Stereotyped by Lyman Thurston & Co., Boston. Peter Parley was the pseudonym used by American author Samuel Griswold Goodrich (1793-1860). "This little work consists of copious selections from the Father's Present, published in Dublin in 1833, with the addition of pieces extracted from various authors, chiefly American."--p. [4]. Lightly inscribed on upper corner of title page: "Jane Swift. 1836." The selections consist of poetry and nonfiction, generally dealing with religion and natural history. Very scarce. In Very Good- Condition: slightly cocked; lower corners are rubbed; light foxing and soiling throughout, with a few pages more heavily impacted; otherwise, clean and tight.

Octavo (8 3/4 X 5 3/4 inches) Philadelphia: Printed For Gratuitous Distribution, 1863. Original First Edition. 16 page sewn paper pamphlet in wrappers, minor discoloration to edges of covers, old $2 price, and old library call numbers written in pencil on top of front cover, old 15 cent price, and calculation figures not related to text written in pencil on back cover, contents clean and unaffected.

In this pamphlet, Judge Leavitt states his reasons (based on historical fact and the Constitution) for his ruling that denied a writ of habeas corpus for the defendant C. L. Vallandigham; leader of the "Peace Democrats," and Supreme Commander of the "Sons of Liberty."

The accused was charged with "mischievous disloyalty" in his opinions and statements; and subsequently arrested at the orders of General Burnside. Lincoln became involved when, in May of 1863, he wrote to Stanton stating that suspension of habeas corpus, as Stanton wanted, would not be necessary in this case.

Lincoln is not referred to in… Read More

Bucyrus, Ohio: Forum Steam Printing House, 1882. brown cloth, bevelled edges. tiny tear in spine, 3 small tears back cover, header partially chewed, else VG. 8vo. numerous black & white illustrations. Howes C270: 1st Edition

Boston: Pilgrim Rubber Company, 1910 Illustrated tan cover of Plymouth Rock scene. Illustration of Men's Oxfords Style 263 $2:00, full of styles, prices, sizes, ect. stapled 30 pgs. nice illustrations in red bordered pages. index, Quite scarce 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. First Edition.. Decorative Paper. Very Good.

Boonton, New Jersey: Municipal Codes, Inc., 1956. Very Good condition. See photos. Square and tight. NOT a library discard. NO owner's name or bookplate. Hinges are perfect. Pages are creamy white, clean and crisp. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. Hardcover. First Edition. Published by Order of the Mayor and Board of Alderman. Includes an appendix that lists all ordinances passed since the Town of Boonton was granted its charter in 1867. Index. Bound in the original blue cloth, stamped in gold on the spine. Complete with errata slip laid-in.. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good condition/No jacket, probably as issued. 8vo. xii, 290pp.

New Jersey: Sussex Telephone Company, 1948. Very Good condition. SEE PHOTOS. NO owner's name. Pages are crisp and unmarked. Softcover. 6" wide x 9.25" tall. This telephone directory has 40 white pages and 56 yellow pages (Classified Business Directory). Included are the names, addresses, and phone numbers for phone customers in Andover, Branchville, Franklin Boro, Lake Mohawk, and Newton, New Jersey. Bound in the original tan wraps, printed in black.. First Edition. Softcover (stapled wraps). Very Good condition. 40pp. + 56 yellow pages.

Boston: C.E. Goodspeed & Co, 1918. Hardcover. Very Good. 3 volumes: xiv, 391 p., 60 leaves of plates; xi, 403 p., 44 leaves of plates; xi, 417 p., 70 leaves of plates: frontispieces, many portraits; 24 cm. Very dark green cloth with gilt-stamped spine titles. Top page edges gilt. Oval stamp on front fixed endpapers of Moore Institute School of Design Library; bookplate on front fixed endpapers of Moore Institute of Art Library; Moore College of Art Library stamp at foot of title pages. This was the first book on the history of art in the United States. The author, William Dunlap (1766-1839), was an American portrait painter, playwright, and theater manager. He helped to found the National Academy of Design in 1825, and he also wrote several books, publishing this work in 1834. In this edition, the editors have employed "judicious pruning and corrections of conspicuous errors" in the original text and have added addenda containing "brief accounts of several hundred painters, engravers, sculptors, and… Read More