Search Results: Americana from Auldfarran Books, IOBA

issued Dec. 12, 1943. paper 31 half pages folded passenger schedule for trains from Aberdeen (MD) to Zanesville (OH) during World War II. Good condition; completely age browned with the wear of use, but a nice complete copy.

New York: American Tract Society. undated. 111pp. blue cloth 32mo: Good [antique inscription dated 1881 on endpp.; foxing; else a complete & tight copy] A tiny volume that may date from 1863. Appended to the text is a one page book list, "Late Publications for Soldiers" (of the Civil War) also published by the American Tract Society.

New York: Harper Perennial, 2014 1st ed. thus. SIGNED on title p. by author. 127pp. illus. paperback: near Fine [text is lightly age browned; couple of front cover scuffs; else a nice crisp copy] "A blend of history, mythology, and memoir."

New York: N. D. Thompson, 1883 1st ed. 716pp. illus. full calf tall 8vo: Good+. A nice clean, complete and tight copy of this popular history of the westward movement in American history.

Washington: GPO, 1875 1st ed. xi. 291pp. illus. original green cloth 4to: Good [spine strip is neatly detached at front hinge but still attached at rear necessitating a professional rebacking repair; shelf rubbing of large volume; prev. owner's ink stamp on pastedown; else a clean, complete & tight copy. Two original maps are present in pocket on rear pastedown.

San Francisco: Chronicle Books. 1988 1st ed. 119pp. illus. oblong paperback sm 4to in French flaps: Fine. A Boomer's nostalgic delight, beautifully illustrated in color photographs.

New York: Parents' Magazine Press, 1969 revised ed. SIGNED on half-title p. "With all best wishes,"Patricia Nixon" under a very brief high quality calligraphy inscription "To ///," done by another hand. 228pp. illus. hardback 4to in pictorial boards: near Very Good/no dj [top corners are lightly bumped; foxing to top edge; remnant of dust jacket tipped to ffep; slick magazine type paper exudes a slight mustiness; else a clean, complete & tight copy] First Lady Thelma Catherine "Pat" Ryan Nixon (1912-93) was known to sign autographs for the public when she greeted them at the White House. This is a nice volume of Americana, a First Ladies’ cook book made special by the autograph of a First Lady of the United States.

Honolulu: Mutual Publishing, 1984 reissue. 363pp. paperback: Very Good [text is age browned; else a nice crisp copy] Several dozen selections taking Hawaii from Captain Cook to statehood with contributors ranging from Robert Louis Stevenson to Mark Twain.

New York: Duffield & Co., 1915 reprint. 426pp. port. illus. grey pictorial cloth 12mo: Good+/no dj. A nice clean, complete & tight vintage reprint of Grinnell's (1849-1938) classic of Western Americana.

Philadelphia: Butler and Williams, 1844. xi, 330pp. frontis. illus. a.e.g. decorated brown leather tall 8vo: fair [covers are worn and shelf rubbed with loss @ spine strip; text is untroubled, being clean, complete & tight] An antique name on presentation page. The first volume of an antebellum annual illustrated collection of short stories and verse, edited by the American Renaissance man Reynell Coates (1802-86)

Columbia, TN: J. J. M'Daniel Democratic Herald Book Office, 1853 1st ed. 228pp. frontis. black cloth 12mo w/gilt titles: Good/no dj [some cover wear at extremities; antique inscription on pastedown; owner stamp on ffep; few antique marginal comments in ink; foxing throughout; else a complete & tight original copy] Presentation inscription and signature ffep by Richard Hale Allen (1794-1876), father of William Bethel Allen (1824-46), who was killed in the Mexican War. Subtitle continues: "Of Lawrence County, Tenn., Who fell at the Storming of Monterey, on the 21st of September, 1846. With an Appendix containing a number of his Essays and Speeches." A nice piece of Americana.

New York Times, April 2, 1944. 48pp. illus. newsprint folio (ca. 14x12 in.): fair [newsprint is completely age browned; some tears @ edges & at spine folds; else a complete copy] This issue features a cover photograph of medics giving the wounded plasma in the Pacific, a Lansing Warren feature article on four years in Europe under the Nazis, a Brooks Atkinson profile of Gen. Claire Chennault of the Flying Tigers, a William Rose Benet poem on Marines, "David Low Interviews Col. Blimp" with D. A. Low cartoons & a piece on wartime entertainers of the troops, inter alia, as well as great period ads & other features.

New York Times, October 8, 1944. 48pp. illus. newsprint folio (ca. 14x12 in.): fair [newsprint is completely age browned; some tears @ edges & at spine folds; else a complete copy] This issue features a cover photograph of two GIs manning a heavy machine gun, a Drew Middleton feature on the movement of U.S. troops into Germany, a photo article on the ways Hitler might look if he tried to disguise himself in order to avoid capture, a piece on Gen. Kenney’s air strategy in the Pacific, an article on Argentina, a profile of Eleanor Roosevelt & a piece on dog heroes of the Marine Corps, inter alia, as well as great period ads and other features.

New York Times, February 6, 1944. 48pp. illus. newsprint folio (ca. 14x12 in.): fair [newsprint is completely age browned; some tears @ edges; else a complete copy] This issue features a cover photograph of an American naval aviator after shooting down two planes in the Marshall Islands, a feature article on Japanese torture, photographs of the Pacific War, a piece on Rommel & a David Low cartoon, inter alia, as well as great period ads & other features.

New York Times. February 13, 1944. 48pp. illus. newsprint folio (ca. 14x12 in.): fair [newsprint is completely age browned & somewhat brittle; some tears @ edges; else a complete copy] This issue features a cover photograph of an Avenger taking off from an aircraft carrier, a feature article on seaborne assaults in the Pacific, pieces on bomber ground crews, antisubmarine warfare, and articles on Geneva & the League of Nations & Tin Pan Alley, inter alia, as well as great period ads & other features.

New York Times, December 24, 1944. 40pp. illus. newsprint folio (ca. 14x12 in.): fair [newsprint is completely age browned; some tears @ edges; else a complete copy] This issue features a cover photograph of a snowy farmland scene on Christmas morning, a feature article on fighting men hoping that this will be the last war, a profile of General De Gaulle & a piece on scout pilots over German lines, inter alia, as well as great period ads & other features.

New York Times, October 29, 1944. 56pp. illus. newsprint folio (ca. 14x12 in.): Good [newsprint is completely age browned; some tears @ edges; else a complete copy] This issue features a cover photograph of an American battleship, an article by Sen. Joseph Ball of Minnesota on American isolationism, a Frank Kluckhorn piece on MacArthur’s return to the Philippines, a feature on Picasso, a poem about Merrill’s Marauders and fashions of the Times, inter alia, as well as great period ads & other features.

New York: People Books, 1994 1st ed. 242pp. illus. hardback 4to: near Fine in a Fine dj in Brodart poly cover. A big picture book with accompanying text by Tony Chiu.

New York: Putnam's, 1925 new & enlarged ed. 407pp. burgundy cloth 16mo: about Good/no dj [hinges are cracked but holding; text block is clean, complete & tight]

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1861. 131pp., 154pp.+ appendices, maps, etc. illus. original black blind-stamped cloth 4to w/gilt riverboat decoration: Very Good [original covers have been professionally rebacked & repaired with a completely new spine strip of black cloth w/gilt titles; original gilt cover decoration is still extant and is reasonably bright] A nice original copy of this classic of Americana.