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Union, South Carolina: Federation of South Carolina Music Clubs, (1948). Printed paper wraps.
Union, South Carolina: Federation of South Carolina Music Clubs, (1948). First edition. Octavo (9" x 6"), 22 pages. Original printed, stapled paper wraps. OCLC locates two copies as of 6/3/2023.
Soft vertical crease throughout, lightly soiled, otherwise very good.
"As South Carolina grew, so grew her music." It wasn't quite that simple, but in brief paraphrase may be found the essence of the Palmetto State's musical history. Along with it go the story of the pioneers, of their lore, and of the South Carolina Federation of Music Clubs." ~Excerpted from the text.

London: Macmillan, (2004), First British edition, this copy signed in ink on the title page by Walters. Octavo (8" x 5.5"), [8], 114 & [1] pages. Publisher's gilt-lettered black cloth, in pictorial dust jacket.
A fine copy in fine dust jacket.
Originally written & published in 1998 at the invitation of the Collective Promotion for the Dutch Book Organization (in Dutch) who wanted a promotional suspense novella for Book Week.
"In the small Hampshire village of Sowerbridge, Irish labourer Patrick O'Riordan has been arrested for the brutal murder of elderly Lavina Fanshaw & her live-in nurse ..." ~Excerpted from the dust jacket.

Boston: Merrymount Press, no date [1904]. First edition. Octavo (9" x 5.75"), [6], 22, & [4] pages plus two photogravure plates, the title page, designed by T.M. Cleland, printed in black ink within an elaborate ornamental border in green depicting vines on a trellis surmounting a fountain. Publisher's brown paper over boards backed in gilt-lettered black cloth.
Binding moderately soiled, edges rubbed, corners bruised, roughly opened at title page causing a couple of nicks, occasional handling marks within, otherwise good or better.
A beautifully printed & relatively early example of the work of this important small fine press. Presents articles on gardening reprinted from various sources.
"Our florists give nature lessons in floriculture, and our landscape gardeners teach nature the fine art of irreproachable lines; but somehow, in spite of the composite flowers of scientific development, and the classic gardens of man's genius, the charm of nature in her sequestered haunts, in her simpler floral… Read More

Philadelphia: J. Murray Jordan, (1897). First edition. Oblong octavo (7.25" x 10"), 40 unnumbered pages providing captioned illustrations from photographs. Publisher's original embossed, pictorial, stapled stiff paper wraps.
Covers lightly soiled, small loss at the lower front cover, edges moderately worn & rubbed, otherwise Very Good.
Beginning with an image of the Inauguration of President William McKinley and concluding with depictions of Cabin John Bridge and the Great Falls of the Potomac in nearby Montgomery County, Maryland, this splendid souvenir view book is quite uncommon. OCLC Worldcat locates 2 copies only (accession number 33135862) at the New York Public Library & Georgetown University.

Washington, D.C.: American Security and Trust Co., October, 1924. Small folio, 28 unnumbered pages (the last 5 advertising the company), illustrations from photographs. Textured stiff paper wraps, cord-bound. Lightly soiled, brief edge wear, small scuff in the margin of two pages, previous owner's name in pencil at the ffep, otherwise very good. A succinct history which highlights tourist attractions and, of course, touts the accomplishments of the American Security and Trust Company, now subsumed by Bank of America.

New York: Wehman Bros., "Handy Series, No. 52," 1920. 32mo (5" x 4"), 58 pages plus 6 unnumbered pages of illustrated advertisements. Publisher's pictorial, stapled paper wraps.
Back cover closely trimmed at the bottom edge, text toned, otherwise Very Good.

Hollywood, California: Twilight Pub., (1970). First edition., Small octavo (7.75" x 5.25"), 162 pages plus 12 unnumbered pages providing "Glossary of exual Terms," with 63 frequently graphic plates from photographs within the pagination (many in color). Publisher's pictorial card covers. OCLC locates a single copy at, natch, Indiana University's Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex as of 6/12/2023.
Brief edge wear, some creasing, lightly rubbed, otherwise very good.
"A manual on total sexual satisfaction from preliminary play to total fulfillment."

London: Burroughs Wellcome, 1912. Sextodecimo (6.75" x 4"), 262 & [2] pages followed by several unused leaves for memoranda & 12 unnumbered pages, illustrated throughout (some in color), & two maps of Atlantic City. Original red cloth lettered in gilt on the upper cover & decorated with the Burroughs Wellcome Unicorn trade mark. All edges gilt, decorated endpapers.
Covers spotted, soiled & rubbed, spine a bit sunned, sporadic modest foxing, otherwise good or better.
Contents include: Anglo-Saxon leechcraft; The Wellcome Materia Medica Farm; Historical Medical Equipment; Equipment List and Formulary of Burroughs Wellcome Products.

Charles Town, West Virginia: A.G. Wynkoop, Charles Town Real Estate Agency, no date, circa 1895. Original broadside handbill measuring 9 inches by 6 inches, single sheet printed in black ink in two columns on light paper. Not found in OCLC as of 7/2/2023.
Old folds, moderate edge wear including a 3/4 inch tear without loss, lightly toned & foxed, otherwise Very Good.
"We have Episcopal, Presbyterian, Baptist, Methodist, and Catholic Churches, besides four colored Churches ... Three hotels, three weekly papers, three Sash Blind and Planing Mills, Bark Mills, The Vulcan Iron Bridge and Road Machine Works, Brass Factory, Harness Factory, Cigar Factories, two Foundries, 15 Building and Loan Associations and 2 Banks with a capital of $400,000 ..."
 ~Excerpted from the text.
A splendid & informative promotional broadside, Mr. Wynkoop, who apparently also sold insurance, advises in closing that "The Charles Town Real Estate Agency has many fine farms for sale, also a number of valuable town properties and… Read More

Baltimore, Maryland: Southern Methodist Book Depository, 1888. First edition. 8vo, [4], [1] - 101, [7] pp. Original printed paper wraps, sewn, LACKING lower wrap. Not found in OCLC as of 7/5/2022. Worn: Lower wrap lacking, soiled, edge wear, spine partially perished, occasional annotations, still a useful copy. Includes memoirs of various departed reverends & interesting illustrated advertisements following text.

No place, no publisher, no date (ca. 1872). 8vo, 21, [1] pp. Stapled, printed, stiff paper wraps. Not found in OCLC as of 2/18/2022.Lightly soiled, soft vertical crease throughout, brief foxing, otherwise very good.Apparently an unrecorded offprint from a 10 part series originally published in Harper's Monthly beginning in 1872. Strother, an illustrator, journalist, & Confederate brevet brigadier general, is sometimes credited with introducing the new State of West Virginia to the rest of the country. Although fictionalized, his account is based on actual events. "On a pleasant day in June we started from the Berkeley Springs on a pleasure excursion to the Allegheny Mountains. Our equipage was an old-fashioned Troy coach, drawn by four horses, and painted red. The coachman was a native mountaineer, whose eccentricities would furnish material for a readable chapter ..." ~Excerpted from page 1.

New York: Press of the Appeal Printing Company, no date (circa 1920). First edition. Oblong sextodecimo (6.25" x 3.75"), 16 pages plus covers, with illustrations from photographs throughout. Publisher's pictorial, stapled paper wraps.
Lightly soiled, trace edge wear, otherwise Near Fine.
Charles Washington was the youngest brother of General George Washington & the founder of Charlestown. After changing hands several times, the Mordington property, now called Happy Retreat, was inherited in 1920 by Virginia Lewis Mitchell who here offers for sale the mansion & substantial land, in full or in part.

New York: The Viking Press, (1983). First edition, this copy signed in ink by Westlake at the ffep. Octavo (9" x 6"), [11] & 2 - 191 pages. Publisher's black paper over boards backed in gilt-lettered white cloth, in pictorial dust jacket.
Slight sunning at the upper margin, otherwise fine in near fine dust with a 1/4 inch tear at the top edge of the rear panel.
The fifth title in Westlakes's John Dortmunder series. Westlake, a three-time Edgar Award winner, was named a Grand Master in 1993 by the Mystery Writers of America, the society's highest honor.

New York: Macmillan, 1919. First edition. 12mo, ix, [5], 263 pp plus 10 plates & [6] pp of advertisements. Original gilt-lettered blue cloth.
Binding moderately rubbed, spine slightly cocked, front hinge starting, otherwise Good.
The author spent 11 years in China as a missionary educator As he presciently notes in the preface, "After the war, the attention of the world will more and more shift to China and the Far East The greatest potential market in the world lies there: the greatest need for industrial and economic development is there."

New York: William Edwin Rudge, 1929, First edition. 4to, 363 pp, profusely illustrated "with photographs and drawings of old and new bridges of many lands" Publisher's gilt-lettered blue buckram, top edge gilt. Trace of wear at spine extremities & corners, internally slightly toned, otherwise Near Fine In 1946 the author joined with Othmar Amman to form the renowned engineering firm of Ammann and Whitney The firm was responsible for numerous innovative designs including the main terminal at Dulles International Airport which is one of the most recognizable structures in the world.

Havana, Cuba: J.T. Wilford (editor & publisher), (1926). First edition thus. Octavo (7.75" x 5.75"), viii pages of advertisements, 123 pages of text, & xiv pages of additional advertisements. Publisher's pictorial stapled paper wraps, cover art by Warner.
Covers moderately soiled & foxed, small light stain in the margin of the last several leaves, otherwise Very Good or better.
Author John T. Wilford was also the editor & publisher of the Havana Post newspaper. He criticized Cuban president Gerardo Machado & was deported in January, 1931.
"SEEING HAVANA INTELLIGENTLY is published only with the view of enabling visitors to see Havana intelligently, and the advertising pages are incidental, and only such firms as the publisher can recommend are permitted space in these pages ..."
 ~Excerpted from the foreword.

Missoula, Montana: Bitterroot Educational Resources, (1983). First edition. Oblong quarto (8" x 11"), 173 & [5] pp., indexed, with Illustrations by Janet Bush. Original plastic comb bound pictorial light card covers.
Lightly soiled, slight edge wear, otherwise very good.
Ms. Williams was a naturalist & long-time commentator on National Public Radio. While numerous intriguing recipes are included, the author also "helps to enlighten the rest of the world on the Montana environment and a lifestyle that can be found" [there].
In 1986 at age 63, Karen Williams succumbed to cancer after declining chemotherapy.

Boston: Privately Printed, 1916. First edition. Folio (13" x 9.5"), [10] & 204 pp, illustrations in text throughout Original gilt-lettered tan paper over boards backed in brown cloth
Binding moderately soiled, offsetting at endpapers, pastedowns, & adjacent to illustrations, otherwise very Good

[Marathon County, Wisconsin ?]: unpublished, various photographers, compiler unknown, 1882 - 1929 Approximately 279 mostly silver gelatin photographs (some albumen & other types) housed in 3 folio "scrapbook" albums, heavily annotated in manuscript & occasionally typed throughout. No doubt compiled later, the photos vary in size from approximately 1.25 inches by 1.25 inches to 10 inches by 13 inches & are a mix of amateur & professional images. Included in the group are snapshots, cdv's, cabinet cards, at least one tintype & one cyanotypeThe images, which are secured in the albums by old black photo corners, vary in condition but are generally Very Good Several show edge wear (including small losses), fading, moderate soiling, & silver mirroring Several are detached or partially detached from the cornersThe annotations, apparently added later (1940's?) provide names, dates, places, etc. Beginning with Frank Carl Krahn, who was a locomotive engineer from Manitowoc &, later, Kaukauna, Wisconsin, the… Read More

Neenah, Wisconsin: Neenah Historical Society, (1985). First edition, this copy signed in red ink at the half-title page by Suzanne Hart O'Regan. Quarto (12.25" x 9.25"), 95 pages, profusely illustrated throughout from photographs. Publisher's dark red textured paper over boards lettered in gilt on the spine & upper cover, in pictorial dust jacket.
A fine copy in lightly soiled very good or better dust jacket with a half-inch closed tear at the top edge of the front panel.
"In photographs there is no time; the utterly vanished factories, houses, servants and Paper Kings live again. We can feel the the cool air of the Indian Summer of 1895; we can see the clipped velvet of the lawns; we can hear the factory whistles, carriage wheels and horses' hooves as the departed world of the past abides with us again ..." ~Excerpted from the author's introduction.